Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος
slave-dealer, slave-seller
Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] trafficker of [= in] slaves.
The foot in men is calleda)ndra/podon [literally "man-foot"], on the principle of the part being subordinate to the whole; for the slave is subordinate to the master, just as the foot to the whole body above it.1
"Just as, I think, the more untrustworthy of the slaves wait a long time for an opportunity to escape from the hand of their owners and find some masters who are new and unfamiliar to them."2
So3 ana)ndrapodoka/phlos [is what we call] the slave-dealer; from dealing in slaves, that is selling them.
The foot in men is called
"Just as, I think, the more untrustworthy of the slaves wait a long time for an opportunity to escape from the hand of their owners and find some masters who are new and unfamiliar to them."2
So3 an
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος· μεταβολεὺς ἀνδραπόδων. ἀνδράποδον δὲ εἴρηται ὁ ποῦς ὁ ἐν ἀνδράσιν, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑποκειμένου μέρους τῷ ὅλῳ· ὑπόκειται γὰρ τῷ δεσπότῃ ὁ οἰκέτης, καθάπερ ὁ ποῦς τῷ ὅλῳ καὶ ἀνωτέρω σώματι. ὥσπερ, οἶμαι, τὰ τῶν ἀνδραπόδων ἀπιστότερα ἐκ χρόνου καιροφυλακοῦντες πολλοῦ δραπετεῦσαι μὲν τῆς τῶν κεκτημένων χειρὸς, νέους δέ τινας καὶ ἀγνῶτας αὑτοῖς δεσπότας εὑρεῖν. Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος οὖν, ὁ σωματέμπορος· παρὰ τὸ καπηλεύειν τὰ ἀνδράποδα, ὅ ἐστι πιπράσκειν.
Betacode
*)andrapodoka/phlos: metaboleu\s a)ndrapo/dwn. a)ndra/podon de\ ei)/rhtai o( pou=s o( e)n a)ndra/sin, a)po\ tou= u(pokeime/nou me/rous tw=| o(/lw|: u(po/keitai ga\r tw=| despo/th| o( oi)ke/ths, kaqa/per o( pou=s tw=| o(/lw| kai\ a)nwte/rw sw/mati. w(/sper, oi)=mai, ta\ tw=n a)ndrapo/dwn a)pisto/tera e)k xro/nou kairofulakou=ntes pollou= drapeteu=sai me\n th=s tw=n kekthme/nwn xeiro\s, ne/ous de/ tinas kai\ a)gnw=tas au(toi=s despo/tas eu(rei=n. *)andrapodoka/phlos ou)=n, o( swmate/mporos: para\ to\ kaphleu/ein ta\ a)ndra/poda, o(/ e)sti pipra/skein.
Notes (3)
- The primary headword and gloss is abbreviated from Photius, Lexicon alpha1746 Theodoridis; and cf. the other references there.↩
See also alpha 2154, alpha 2156, alpha 2157.- 1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 521, where the word andrapodistes (see under alpha 2154) occurs. ↩
- 2Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 7.16.19 (web address 1), from Totila's greetings to Pelagius, upon the latter's appearance to ask for temporary relief from the siege of Rome (probably in late 546 CE); cf. Kaldellis (412). On Totila, see generally tau 879. On Pelagius, see alpha 1585 note, alpha 2812, delta 590, and delta 1330. ↩
- 3Here the entry incorporates material from the equivalent one in Harpokration ("what is now called..."), generated by Isaeus fr. 53 Sauppe.
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
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Revision history10 revisions · last 23 Dec 2023
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- added cross-reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords, added link — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.3; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Added betacode; cosmetics — Elizabeth Vandiver
- Cosmetics, set status — William Hutton
- added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — David Whitehead