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Νηρεύς (fr. 32) 151
elsewhere before the second century AD, τονθορυσμός or related forms are
attested already at A. fr. 298 (the sound made by a bull when its throat has just
been cut). That the three occurrences of τονθορύζω in Aristophanes (Ac/z. 683;
V. 614; Ra. 747) all mean ‘grumble’ or ‘mutter’, while elsewhere it is glossed
ήρεμα γογγύζειν (Synagoge τ 221, etc.), suggests that γογγύζω is the stronger
verb. The corruption in the transmitted text is due to mistaken word division,
which produced the unwanted article τόν, or haplography.
elsewhere before the second century AD, τονθορυσμός or related forms are
attested already at A. fr. 298 (the sound made by a bull when its throat has just
been cut). That the three occurrences of τονθορύζω in Aristophanes (Ac/z. 683;
V. 614; Ra. 747) all mean ‘grumble’ or ‘mutter’, while elsewhere it is glossed
ήρεμα γογγύζειν (Synagoge τ 221, etc.), suggests that γογγύζω is the stronger
verb. The corruption in the transmitted text is due to mistaken word division,
which produced the unwanted article τόν, or haplography.