ἀνάπαιστος
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
English (LSJ)
ον, (cf. sq.)
A hammered, forged, κλείς IG2.678B64, al., 11.161A94 (Delos, iii B. C.). II struck back, rebounding:—as Subst., anapaest (i. e. a dactyl reversed), D.H.Comp. 25, Heph.8, etc.; ἀ. ἀπὸ μείζους dactyl, Aristid.Quint.1.15. 2 anapaestic verse, Arist.Po.1452b23, D.H.1.25, etc.: in pl., of the Comic parabasis, Ar.Eq.504, Pax735, al.; ἀνάπαιστοι σύμπτυκτοι Pherecr.79, cf. Sch.metr.Pi.O.4.1; ἀνάπαιστόν τι something in anapaestic metre, Aeschin.1.158: ἀνάπαιστα, τά, anapaestic verses, Alciphr. 3.43; esp. of ribald or satirical songs, D.C.66.8, Plu.Per. 33.
