καταχήνη

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ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν → by drinking water you would never create anything great

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Transliteration A: katachḗnē Transliteration B: katachēnē Transliteration C: katachini Beta Code: kataxh/nh

English (LSJ)

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   A flouting, mockery, Ar.V.575, Ec.631; Καταχῆναι, αἱ, title of play, IG14.1097.8.    II amulet in the shape of a locust offered in the Acropolis of Athens, Hsch.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταχήνη: ἡ κατάγελως, περίγελως, καταφρόνησις, Ἀριστοφ. Σφῆκ. 575, Ἐκκλ. 631 (πρβλ. καταχαίνω)˙ Καταχῆναι εἶναι ὄνομα δράματος ἐν τῆ Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 229. 8. ΙΙ. εἶδος φυλακτηρίου ἔχοντος τὸ σχῆμα ἀκρίδος καὶ προσφερομένου ἐν τῇ Ἀκροπόλει τῶν Ἀθηνῶν. Ἡσύχ., ἴδε Λοβεκ. Ἀγλαόφ. 970˙- τὸ «φάσμα» (νυκτερὶς) καλεῖται σήμερον ἐν Ρόδῳ καταχανᾶς, C. T. Newton.