Ἀμάθητος
ignorant, simple
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Jun 2000Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] untaught.1
"Justinus was ignorant of all letters and was, in a word, illiterate".2
Also, "you are ignorant and idle and have not even treaded Aesop".3 In reference to idiots. The [verb]path=sai ["to tread"] [is] equivalent to to be familiar with; just as we speak of "arriving" somewhere. And again Aristophanes [writes]: "speak in a simpler and clearer way". From the proverb, "talk to me more clearly and more simply."4
"Justinus was ignorant of all letters and was, in a word, illiterate".2
Also, "you are ignorant and idle and have not even treaded Aesop".3 In reference to idiots. The [verb]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμάθητος· ἀδίδακτος. ὁ δὲ Ἰουστῖνος ἀμάθητος ἦν γραμμάτων ἁπάντων καὶ τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον ἀναλφάβητος. καὶ, ἀμαθὴς ἔφυς κοὐ πολυπράγμων οὐδὲ τὸν Αἴσωπον πεπάτηκας. ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν. τὸ δὲ πατῆσαι ἶσόν ἐστι τῷ ἐνδιατρίψαι· ὡς τὸ ἀφικέσθαι που λέγομεν. καὶ αὖθις Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀμαθέστερόν πως εἰπὲ καὶ σαφέστερον. παρὰ τὴν παροιμίαν, σαφέστερόν μοι κἀμαθέστερον φράσον.
Betacode
*)ama/qhtos: a)di/daktos. o( de\ *)iousti=nos a)ma/qhtos h)=n gramma/twn a(pa/ntwn kai\ to\ dh\ lego/menon a)nalfa/bhtos. kai\, a)maqh\s e)/fus kou) polupra/gmwn ou)de\ to\n *ai)/swpon pepa/thkas. e)pi\ tw=n i)diwtw=n. to\ de\ path=sai i)=so/n e)sti tw=| e)ndiatri/yai: w(s to\ a)fike/sqai pou le/gomen. kai\ au)=qis *)aristofa/nhs: a)maqe/stero/n pws ei)pe\ kai\ safe/steron. para\ th\n paroimi/an, safe/stero/n moi ka)maqe/steron fra/son.
Notes (3)
- [1] cf. generally alpha 1468, alpha 1469.↩
- 2Procopius, Secret History 6.11 (web address 1), on the illiteracy of the eastern Roman emperor Justin I (518-527); cf. alpha 1952, iota 449, and Kaldellis (29). ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Birds 471 (web address 2), with scholion. ↩
- 4Aristophanes, Frogs 1445 (web address 3), with scholion; quoted more extensively at sigma 163.
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α1468Ἀμαθείignorantly, stupidly[Meaning] uneducatedly. But Amathi [is] a proper name.
- α1469Ἀμαθήςunlearned, ignorant[Meaning] uninitiated, untaught. "He hears these things and, not being ignorant of bird-omens, brings back the boy and rears him as legitimate."
- α1952Ἀναλφάβητοςalphabet-less, illiterate"[He was] ignorant of all letters and [was] indeed, as it is called, 'alphabet-less'". About emperor Justin.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history11 revisions · last 3 May 2024
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2, added bibliography and link — Ronald Allen
- — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — William Hutton
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- x-refs; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict