Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for alpha,3442 in Adler number:
Greek display:    

Headword: *)apomw/moka
Adler number: alpha,3442
Translated headword: I have sworn off
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Meaning I have taken an oath against women.[1] Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)pomwmoko/tas ["them having sworn off"], [meaning them] having renounced. "And men as lovers parted the thighs of many boys, who have sworn off [sc. surrendering to them], near the end of their youth." Aristophanes in Birds [sc. writes this].[2]
Greek Original:
*)apomw/moka: a)nti\ tou= o(rkwmosi/an pro\s gunai=kas pepoi/hka. kai\ *)apomwmoko/tas, a)potacame/nous. pollou\s d' a)pomwmoko/tas pai=das pro\s te/rmasin w(/ras diemh/risan a)/ndres e)rastai/. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisin.
Notes:
[1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 903 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. generally omicron 595.
[2] Aristophanes, Birds 705-6 (web address 2), here abridged; cf. delta 915, tau 346. On the verb diamhri/zein see J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 153.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; law; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 14 February 2002@16:43:01.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 15 February 2002@05:19:31.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link, other cosmetics) on 12 October 2011@01:17:16.
Catharine Roth on 12 October 2011@01:18:23.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 4 April 2012@03:34:56.
Catharine Roth (another link) on 18 September 2015@23:01:26.

Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)

No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search