χελιδών
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
όνος, ἡ (even of the male, S.E.M.1.151); but masc., metaph. of men, Ion Trag.33, cf. Hdn.Gr.1.25: voc. χελιδοῖ, as if from a nom. χελιδώ, Anacr.67, Simon.74, Ar.Av.1411 (anap.), AP9.70 (Mnasalc., with
A v.l. χελιδόν, as in Anacreont.9.2 cod.):—swallow, Od.21.411, 22.240, Hes.Op.568, Hdt.2.22, Democr.14, etc.: πέδοικος χ. A.Fr.53, cf. Ar.Av.714 (anap): prov., μία χ. ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ Cratin.33 (cf. Arist.EN1098a18); δεῖσθαι δ' ἔοικεν οὐκ ὀλίγων χ. Ar.Av.1417, cf. 1681; χ. λευκή, of a rare event, Thphr.Sign.39; the twittering of the swallow was prov. used of barbarous tongues by the Greeks, εἴπερ ἐστὶ μὴ χελιδόνος δίκην ἀγνῶτα φωνὴν βάρβαρον κεκτημένη A.Ag.1050: hence ὁ χ., = ὁ βάρβαρος, Ion l.c.; Θρῃκία χ. ἐπὶ βάρβαρον ἑζομένη πέταλον Ar.Ra.681 (lyr.); χελιδόνων μουσεῖα bowers that ring with poetasters' twitterings, ib.93 (parodied from ἀηδόνων μουσεῖα in E., v. Fr.88). 2 metaph. of letters, τῶν σῶν χ. αἱ ἡμέτεραι πλείους Lib.Ep.46.2. II flying-fish, Dactylopterus volitans, hirondelle de mer, Ephipp.12.5 (anap.), Speus. ap. Ath.7.324f; χ. θαλάττιαι Arist.HA535b27. III frog in the hollow of a horse's foot (expld. by Hsch. τὸ κοῖλον τῆς ὁπλῆς), so called from its being forked like the swallow's tail, X.Eq. 1.3, 4.5, 6.2, Poll.1.188. 2 the like part of a dog's foot, Suid. 3 = λειχήν 4, Cael.Aur.TP1.138 (pl.); a growth on the knee in horses, Sch.Nic.Th.945. 4 hollow above the bend of the elbow, Hsch. 5 pudenda muliebria (with play on Ar.Lys.770 (hex.)), Suid., cf. Juv.6.365(6). 6 a kind of ship, Suid. 7 a Peloponnesian silver coin, Id. (Χελιδφών as pr.n., IG92(1).86 (Corinthian, found at Thermon); cf. Assyr. hinundu, Lat. hirundo.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1348] όνος, ἡ, voc. χελιδοῖ, Simonds. frg. 118 bei Schol. Ar. Av. 1406, bei Gramm. χελιδόν, vgl. Anacr. 9, 2 u. Jac. A. P. p. LXVII, – 1) die Schwalbe; Il. 21, 411. 22, 240; Hes. O. 570; Her. 2, 22; εἴπερ ἐστὶ μὴ χελιδόνος δίκην ἀγνῶτα φωνὴν βάρβαρον κεκτημένη Aesch. Ag. 1020 (vgl. χελιδονίζω); Ar. oft, βαδίζειν ὥςπερ αἱ χελιδόνες Av. 1679, οὐκ ὀλίγων δεῖσθαι χελιδόνων 1417, mit Bezug auf das Sprichwort μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ, wie der Schol. anführt (s. Arist. eth. 1, 7); ὅταν χελιδὼν ἠρινὰ φωνῇ κελαδῇ Pax 774. – 2) ein fliegender Meerfisch von der Farbe der Schwalbe, exocoetus volitans oder evolans Linn.; Ephipp. bei Ath. VII, 322 d; Arist. H. A. 4, 9; Ael. N. A. 2, 50. – 3) die Höhlung unten im Hufe der Pferde od. im eigentlichen Strahle, rana, Xen. equit. 1, 6; – eine ähnliche Höhlung unter dem Fuße des Hundes, Suid.; – eine Höhlung über dem Ellenbogen im Buge, id.
