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Ἀγλωττία · tonguelessness (α 271) · Suda

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Ἀγλωττία

tonguelessness

Translated by Roger Travis6 Oct 2000Vetting: high12 revisions

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2 notes · 28 words

Translation

[Meaning] quiet, silence.¹
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] tongueless, [meaning] voiceless, speechless.
"Now having fallen to the earth, tongueless and voiceless, I lie, refusing emulous ambition."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγλωττία· ἡσυχία, σιωπή. καὶ Ἄγλωσσος, ὁ ἄναυδος, ὁ ἄφωνος. νῦν εἰς γᾶν ἄγλωσσος, ἀναύδητός τε πεσοῦσα, κεῖμαι, μιμητὴν ζῆλον ἀνηναμένη.

Betacode

*)aglwtti/a: h(suxi/a, siwph/. kai\ *)/aglwssos, o( a)/naudos, o( a)/fwnos. nu=n ei)s ga=n a)/glwssos, a)nau/dhto/s te pesou=sa, kei=mai, mimhth\n zh=lon a)nhname/nh.

Notes (2)

LSJ entry at web address 1.
1Same glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha202 Theodoridis. ↩
2Greek Anthology 7.191.5-6 (Archias), epitaph for a jay; cf. Gow and Page (412-413); more fully at alpha 2757, cf. alpha 2742 and kappa 1422. For other applications of the adjective, including the literal (Aristotle on the crocodile), see LSJ s.v. (web address 2).

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

α2742Ἀντίφθογγονanswering in sound, echoingSimilar. "Early the jay calling out in answer to shepherds and woodcutters and fishermen."
α2757Ἀντῳδήantode, responseIn the comic poets [it is] the antistrophe. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)ntw|do/n ["responsive"], [meaning] corresponding. "But often, like some echo, I struck up a clamorous, mocking harmony with…

Neighbouring entries

α269Ἀγλευκέςsour α270Ἄγλιθεςgarlic-crowns α271Ἀγλωττίαtonguelessness α272Ἄγμασιshards α273Ἀγναπτότατος βάτος αὖοςstiffest dried skate

Revision history12 revisions · last 24 Aug 2024

24 Aug 2024coding, tweaked links — Catharine Roth
5 Nov 2018expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
18 Aug 2013 — David Whitehead
5 Jan 2012cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Feb 2007augmented notes and keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
12 Feb 2007restored punctuation — Catharine Roth
19 Jun 2001added links — Catharine Roth
18 Jun 2001 — David Whitehead
18 Jun 2001augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Jun 2001Modified translation, cosmetics, set status — William Hutton
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6 Oct 2000Translated — Roger Travis

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀγλωττία (Adler number alpha 271), trans. Roger Travis, 6 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/271

Translation by Roger Travis for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, William Hutton, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗