Ἀληλεσμένον
ground-up
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 7 May 2000 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions
Translation
Thucydides [writes]: "and to buy the ground-up corn they wanted for a lot of money".1
Also [sc. the phrase]a)lhlesme/non bi/on ["a ground-up life"] some applied to those used to living on acorns, but others to those living easily; [ground-up] suggesting worked on, ready to eat.
Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase]a)lhlesme/nos bi/os , in reference to those with an ample supply of what they need. But another proverb says: "for [there are] no thorns".2 It appears to recollect the change of life, previously wild and thorny, before tending the earth and seeds came about. Hence from this care came the saying a)lhlesme/non bi/on .3
Also [sc. the phrase]
Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase]
Greek original
Ἀληλεσμένον· Θουκυδίδης· σῖτόν τε ἀληλεσμένον τὸν βουλόμενον ἀργυρίου πολλοῦ ὠνήσασθαι. καὶ Ἀληλεσμένον βίον οἱ μὲν ἐπὶ τῶν βαλανίτῃ βίῳ χρωμένων ἐδέξαντο, οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀταλαιπώρως βιούντων, οἷον κατειργασμένον, πρὸς τροφὴν ἕτοιμον. καὶ Ἀληλεσμένος βίος, ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἀφθονίᾳ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων ὄντων. ἄλλη δὲ παροιμία φησίν· οὐ γὰρ ἄκανθαι. ἔοικε δὲ ὑπομιμνήσκειν τὴν τοῦ βίου μεταβολήν, ἀγρίου καὶ ἀκανθώδους πρότερον ὄντος, πρὶν ἐπιμέλειαν τῆς γῆς καὶ τῶν σπερμάτων γενέσθαι. ὅθεν ἀπὸ τῆς ὕστερον ἐπιμελείας ῥηθῆναι τὸ ἀληλεσμένον βίον.
Betacode
*)alhlesme/non: *qoukudi/dhs: si=to/n te a)lhlesme/non to\n boulo/menon a)rguri/ou pollou= w)nh/sasqai. kai\ *)alhlesme/non bi/on oi( me\n e)pi\ tw=n balani/th| bi/w| xrwme/nwn e)de/canto, oi( de\ e)pi\ tw=n a)talaipw/rws biou/ntwn, oi(=on kateirgasme/non, pro\s trofh\n e(/toimon. kai\ *)alhlesme/nos bi/os, e)pi\ tw=n e)n a)fqoni/a| tw=n e)pithdei/wn o)/ntwn. a)/llh de\ paroimi/a fhsi/n: ou) ga\r a)/kanqai. e)/oike de\ u(pomimnh/skein th\n tou= bi/ou metabolh/n, a)gri/ou kai\ a)kanqw/dous pro/teron o)/ntos, pri\n e)pime/leian th=s gh=s kai\ tw=n sperma/twn gene/sqai. o(/qen a)po\ th=s u(/steron e)pimelei/as r(hqh=nai to\ a)lhlesme/non bi/on.
Notes (3)
- The headword participle, perfect middle/passive, is presumably extracted from the first quotation given (but is in fact↩
a)lhleme/non there).- 1A loose approximation of Thucydides 4.26.5. ↩
- 2cf. omicron 769 and the references there. ↩
- 3cf. beta 295.
Linked from (3)
Neighbours in Adler order
α1180Ἀλλ' ἢ καλῶς ζῆν ἢ καλῶς τεθνηκέναι τὸν εὐγενῆ χρή πάντ' ἀκήκοας λόγονBut the well-born man should either live well or die well - end of storyα1181Ἄληκοςof Alexα1182Ἄληκταunallocated [things]α1183Ἀληλεσμένονground-upα1184ἉλικαρνασεύςHalicarnassian, Halikarnassianα1185Ἀληλιμμένοςanointedα1186ἈλληλούϊαAllelujah
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