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Headword:
*(hbulliw=sai
Adler number: eta,28
Translated headword: being youthful
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning they] being in the prime of youth.
Aristophanes in
Frogs [writes]: "dancing-girls being youthful and freshly plucked". He leaves out "[as to] their hair." For marriageable young women used to pluck out their [sc. pubic] hair.[1]
*(hbulliw=sai: a)kma/zousai th\n h(liki/an. *)aristofa/nhs *batra/xois: o)rxhstri/des h(bulliw=sai ka)/rti paratetilme/nai. lei/pei ta\s tri/xas. ai( ga\r mello/numfoi e)/tillon ta\s tri/xas.
Notes:
The headword participle is extracted from the quotation given.
[1]
Aristophanes,
Frogs 515-16 (divided between two speakers in modern editions: 'dancing-girls?' 'plucked...'), with comment from the
scholia there.
The verb
h(bullia/w derives from
h(ba/w, for which cf.
eta 13,
eta 14,
eta 26,
eta 27.
Translated by: Abram Ring on 18 August 2004@16:51:52.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented and rearranged notes; cosmetics) on 22 August 2004@05:11:11.
David Whitehead (tweaked translation; expanded note, for clarity) on 3 April 2005@09:04:31.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords) on 3 December 2012@05:11:24.
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