Ἅλις
enough
Translated by Jennifer Benedict23 May 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] plentifully, sufficiently.1
"When he had had enough of this vengeance, he ordered him carried into the city, with both hands tied behind his back".2
Aristophanes [writes]: "enough sardine for me: I'm stretched out from eating". He says [this] in Broilers.3
And elsewhere: "the woman says that for herself she has enough honour and reverence."4
"When he had had enough of this vengeance, he ordered him carried into the city, with both hands tied behind his back".2
Aristophanes [writes]: "enough sardine for me: I'm stretched out from eating". He says [this] in Broilers.3
And elsewhere: "the woman says that for herself she has enough honour and reverence."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἅλις· δαψιλῶς, ἱκανῶς. ὡς δὲ ἅλις εἶχε ταύτης τῆς τιμωρίας, ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ἄγειν εἰς τὴν πόλιν ὀπίσω τὼ χεῖρε δεδε- μένον. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἅλις ἀφύης μοι· παρατέταμαι γὰρ ἐσθίων. ἐν Ταγηνισταῖς φησι. καὶ αὖθις· ἡ δὲ γυνὴ λέγει, ἑαυτῇ τῆς τιμῆς καὶ τοῦ γέρως ἅλις ἔχειν.
Betacode
*(/alis: dayilw=s, i(kanw=s. w(s de\ a(/lis ei)=xe tau/ths th=s timwri/as, e)ke/leusen au)to\n a)/gein ei)s th\n po/lin o)pi/sw tw\ xei=re dede- me/non. *)aristofa/nhs: a(/lis a)fu/hs moi: parate/tamai ga\r e)sqi/wn. e)n *taghnistai=s fhsi. kai\ au)=qis: h( de\ gunh\ le/gei, e(auth=| th=s timh=s kai\ tou= ge/rws a(/lis e)/xein.
Notes (4)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica and several Homeric scholia; references at Photius alpha961 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 13.2.3. ↩
- 3Aristophanes fr. 506 Kock, now 520 Kassel-Austin; again at theta 433 and pi 461, and see also alpha 4660. ↩
- 4Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- α4660Ἀφύα ἐς πῦρanchovy into fireThe proverb [is used] in reference to those who have a quick end; inasmuch as it happens that an anchovy cooks very quickly. It is said in the singular in Aristophanes in Broilers, a)fu/h; but always [elsewhere] in the…
- π461ΠαρατέταμαιI have been stretched out[Meaning] I have been swelled out. Aristophanes [writes] "enough of the sardine. For I have been stretched out by eating." They also say a)fu/h ["sardine, anchovy"] in the singular.
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict