Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for alpha,2255 in Adler number:
Headword:
*)anemestw/qh
Adler number: alpha,2255
Translated headword: was filled up full
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning was made full of the desire to be a secretary and [so] not to serve in the army, or [sc. this is said] as a slander on the secretaries for evil-doing.
Aristophanes in
Frogs [writes]: "out of these things our city was filled up full by secretaries".[1]
*)anemestw/qh: a)nti\ tou= a)neplhrw/qh to\ grammateu/ein boulo/menon kai\ mh\ strateu/esqai, h)\ e)pi\ kakopragmosu/nh| tou\s grammatei=s diaba/llei. *)aristofa/nhs *batra/xois: e)k tou/twn h( po/lis h(mw=n u(po\ grammate/wn a)nemestw/qh.
Notes:
The headword (aorist passive, third person singular, of the verb
a)namesto/w) is extracted from the quotation given.
[1]
Aristophanes,
Frogs 1083-4 (but read
u(pogrammate/wn rather than
u(po\ grammate/wn: "filled up full with under-secretaries"), with scholion.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 June 2000@11:12:21.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added keyword; cosmetics) on 7 February 2001@10:33:14.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 5 August 2002@03:09:15.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaking) on 4 March 2012@05:02:08.
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search