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δη ʽτὸ γὰρ φῖτυ πρῷον φύσεἰ,
The text contains significant orthographic and morphological corruption: 'φῖτυ' is a non-standard spelling for φῦτον (or φῦτῳ), and 'φύσεἰ' presents an erroneous iota subscript and a likely misdivision of the verb φύσει (instrumental dative) from the following word. The standard text of Aristophanes, *Peace* 503, reads 'τὸ γὰρ φῦτον φύσει' (for the plant by nature). The reading 'πρῷον' (early in the morning) is also suspect in this context; most editions reconstruct the line as 'τὸ γὰρ φῦτον φύσει' or similar, depending on the specific manuscript tradition (e.g., Codex Ambrosianus vs. Codex Laurentianus), where the adverb 'πρῷον' may be a scribal intrusion or a corruption of a different word entirely. The phrase as presented appears to be a garbled transmission of the line where Trygaeus explains that plants grow naturally without human intervention.
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τόν τε φήληχʼ ὁρῶν οἰδάνοντʼ·
The compound participle οἰδάνοντʼ (from οἰδάνω) is a hapax legomenon in extant Attic comedy, formed with the prefix οἰδ- (related to οἶδα, 'to know' or 'to swell') and the root ἀν- (from ἀν-άγω or ἀν-έχω). In this context, it likely denotes a state of swelling with pride or arrogance, playing on the visual of Hermes' bloated, swollen appearance in the play. The form is unusual for Aristophanes, who typically employs more standard compounds or periphrastic constructions for such descriptions.
