κατατριακοντουτίζω

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οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior

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English (LSJ)

Com. word in Ar.Eq.1391, alluding to the σπονδαὶ τριακοντούτιδες, personified upon the stage as courtesans, with an obscene pun upon ἀκοντίζω (i.e. περαίνω).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κατατριᾱκοντουτίζω: κωμικὴ λέξις ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 1391, ἀναφερομένη εἰς τὰς σπονδὰς τριακοντούτιδας, ἃς ὁ ποιητὴς εἶχε παρουσιάσας προσωποποιουμένας ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς ὡς ἑταίρας μετ’ αἰσχροῦ λογοπαιγνίου ἐπὶ τῆς λέξεως ἀκοντίζω (ὅ ἐστι περαίνω)· ἔξεστιν αὐτῶν κατατριακοντουτίσαι; ὁ Σχολ. «εἰς συνουσίαν αὐτὰς λαβεῖν;»