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Headword: *makkoa=|
Adler number: mu,68
Translated headword: is gaga
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning he/she/it] is devoid of intelligence, is stupid. We said that Makko was stupid. Aristophanes [writes]: "[as long as] the face of the people sits gaga".[1]
Also [sc. attested is the perfect] 'has become gaga', meaning is being devoid of intelligence.[2]
Greek Original:
*makkoa=|: a)nohtai/nei, e)neo/n e)stin. e)/famen de/, o(/ti h( *makkw\ e)nea\ h)=n. *)aristofa/nhs: to\ tou= dh/mou pro/swpon makkoa=| kaqh/menon. kai\ *memakkoako/ta, a)nti\ tou= a)nohtai/nonta.
Notes:
For this verb see also Comica Adespota fr. 1210 Kock, now 174 K.-A.; Lucian, Lexiphanes 19.
[1] Aristophanes, Knights 396 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. mu 69.
[2] Aristophanes, Knights 62 (web address 2), with scholion; cf. mu 550.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: aetiology; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; politics; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 March 2006@08:53:54.
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Antonella Ippolito (add. web reff., set status) on 9 March 2006@14:57:11.
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