Ἀγελαῖος
ordinary
Translated by Gregory Hays23 Jun 1999Vetting: high13 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] no-account fellow [i)diw/ths ]. Or the lead animal in the herd.1
Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] "ofa)gelai=oi ", of no-account fellows, of rustics.
"Such-and-such is likely enough of [= in] ordinary men". Meaning common ones.2
Also [sc. attested is] "ofa)gelai=oi ", of the random masses. It would be used metaphorically from animals in herds or from fish,3 which they say feed lavishly and in schools [a)gelhdo/n ].4
Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] "of
"Such-and-such is likely enough of [= in] ordinary men". Meaning common ones.2
Also [sc. attested is] "of
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀγελαῖος· ἰδιώτης. ἢ ὁ ἐν ἀγέλῃ διάγων. καὶ Ἀγελαίων, ἰδιωτῶν, ῥεμβωδῶν. τῶν ἀγελαίων ἔοικεν ἀνθρώπων εἶναι ὁ τοιοῦτος. ἀντὶ τοῦ εὐτελῶν. καὶ Ἀγελαίων, τῶν πολλῶν καὶ τυχόντων. εἴη δ' ἂν ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἀγελαίων ζῴων ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων, οὓς βόσκεσθαι ῥύδην καὶ ἀγεληδόν φασιν.
Betacode
*)agelai=os: i)diw/ths. h)\ o( e)n a)ge/lh| dia/gwn. kai\ *)agelai/wn, i)diwtw=n, r(embwdw=n. tw=n a)gelai/wn e)/oiken a)nqrw/pwn ei)=nai o( toiou=tos. a)nti\ tou= eu)telw=n. kai\ *)agelai/wn, tw=n pollw=n kai\ tuxo/ntwn. ei)/h d' a)\n e)k metafora=s tw=n a)gelai/wn zw/|wn h)\ a)po\ tw=n i)xqu/wn, ou(\s bo/skesqai r(u/dhn kai\ a)gelhdo/n fasin.
Notes (4)
- The closest comparanda for this entry in its entirety are found in the Platonic Lexicon ascribed to Timaeus (971b.10); Synagoge (Codex B) alpha99; Photius, Lexicon alpha134 and alpha141 Theodoridis; none of these matches up precisely, however. Snippets evidently from the same source appear elsewhere, as noted below.↩
- 1For the distinction see already alpha 186. Thus far the entry = Synagoge alpha49; cf. Aelius Dionysius alpha17; Eudemus 3.20; Hesychius alpha424, omicron3. ↩
- 2Julian, Oration 7 (205D), where "such-and-such" = the invention of myth. The glosses (minus the quotation) in this and the previous sentence are paralleled in Etymologicum Gudianum 4.3 and Etymologicum Magnum 7.41. ↩
- 3cf. alpha 189. ↩
- 4The reference is probably to Herodotus 2.93.1, where both
i)xqu/es a)gelai=oi and the adverba)gelhdo/n (alpha 191) appear (see web address 1). This etymological information also appears in Harpokration alpha8 Keaney (4.13 Dindorf) as well as in some of the sources cited above.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α184Ἀγελαία σταφυλήordinary bunch of grapes[Meaning] the cheap [sort]. Also [sc. attested is] a)gelai=a ["ordinary things"], [meaning] those with no distinction.
- α186ἈγέλαιοςordinaryAs a proparoxytone [means] an "uneducated person"; but a)gelai=os [as a properispomenon] [means] "of the herd."
- α188Ἀγελαιώνpasture[Meaning] the herd's place.
- α189Ἀγελαῖοι ἰχθύεςfish in schools[Meaning] those which are paltry and small.
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