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Ἀντιφερίζεις · you are measuring yourself against (α 2737) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α2737

α2733to resist, to strike against
α2734Antiphanes
α2735Antiphanes
α2736Antiphates
α2737you are measuring yourself against
α2738they are set against
α2739you say against
α2740shows public spirit in return
α2741I echo; I answer; I contradict

Suda/Α alpha/α2737

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Ἀντιφερίζεις

you are measuring yourself against

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Nov 2000Vetting: high10 revisions

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1 note · 28 words

Translation

[Meaning] you are striving with. To equate one's self.¹ "Measuring yourself against Themistocles, are you? He made our city full, having found it [merely] rim-full." Aristophanes says [this].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀντιφερίζεις· ἐρίζεις. ἐξισοῦσθαι. Θεμιστοκλεῖ ἀντιφερίζεις σύ; ὃς ἐποίησε τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν μεστὴν, εὑρὼν ἐπιχειλῆ. Ἀριστοφάνης φησίν.

Betacode

*)antiferi/zeis: e)ri/zeis. e)cisou=sqai. *qemistoklei= a)ntiferi/zeis su/; o(\s e)poi/hse th\n po/lin h(mw=n mesth\n, eu(rw\n e)pixeilh=. *)aristofa/nhs fhsi/n.

Notes (1)

Aristophanes, Knights 813-814 (web address 1), with scholia. For Themistocles see theta 124, theta 125, theta 126.
The scholiasts found the adjective e)pixeilh= at the end of 814 probematic. Some took it to mean "without walls", but there is no real justification for this. It is therefore better to follow the alternative line of explanation (as most modern editors have done) and accept "rim-full". The point (made at e.g. LSJ s.v.) is that the rim of a Greek cup was deep, so making "rim-full" a lesser quantity than "full". See to this effect epsilon 2768.
1This infinitive has strayed in from lexicographical comment on a quite different passage -- Homer, Iliad 21.357 -- where the infinitive a)ntiferi/zein occurs. (The headword a)ntiferi/zeis is also Homeric: Iliad 21.488.)

References

A.J.Podlecki, The Life of Themistocles: a critical survey of the literary and archaeological evidence (Montreal & London 1975) 60

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

α2735ἈντιφάνηςAntiphanes α2736ἈντιφάτηςAntiphates α2737Ἀντιφερίζειςyou are measuring yourself against α2738Ἀντιφέρονταιthey are set against α2739Ἀντιφήςyou say against

Revision history10 revisions · last 25 Jul 2015

25 Jul 2015another note and keyword — David Whitehead
7 Oct 2013tweaked note and link — Catharine Roth
19 Mar 2012x-refs; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
7 Feb 2007more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Oct 2005Added italics; added keyword — Elizabeth Vandiver
12 Mar 2001 — David Whitehead
12 Mar 2001modified translation; augmented note; added bibliography and keywords — David Whitehead
12 Nov 2000Cosmetics. Raised status — William Hutton
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11 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀντιφερίζεις (Adler number alpha 2737), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 11 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2737

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