Ἀποστοματίζειν

to recite, to dictate

Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Aug 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

5 notes · 170 words

[Meaning] to speak from memory.
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)po\ sto/matos ["by mouth, orally"], [meaning] without documents. "But he commanded them to speak orally to the leaders of the Mardians."¹
Also [sc. attested is] a)po\ sto/matos, [meaning] as we [say] not by means of documents, but from memory. Philemon in Dispensations [writes]: "if you wish, I will say everything orally."² Cratinus [uses] this the same as a)po\ glw/tths ["from the tongue"] in Laws: "but, by Zeus, I neither know my letters nor have experience [using them], but I will tell you the rest orally; for I remember well."³ Thucydides in [book] 7 [writes]: "and those from Nicias came into Athens and they reported orally as many things as he told them."⁴ Plato in Theaetetus [writes]: "but what indeed are words? Can you explain? -- No, by Zeus, at least, not orally, but I wrote down notes right away when I came home."⁵
Also, they say that a teacher a)postomati/zei ["dictates"], whenever he tells the boy certain things orally.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀποστοματίζειν· ἀπὸ μνήμης λέγειν. καὶ Ἀπὸ στόματος, ἄνευ γραμμάτων. ὁ δὲ κελεύει ἀπὸ στόματος φράζειν τοῖς ἡγεμόσι τῶν Μάρδων. καὶ Ἀπὸ στόματος, ὡς ἡμεῖς τὸ μὴ διὰ γραμμάτων, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ μνήμης. Φιλήμων Νεμομένοις· ἀπὸ στόματος ἅπαντ', ἐὰν βούλησθ', ἐρῶ. Κρατῖνος δὲ ταυτὸ τοῦτ' ἀπὸ γλώττης, Νόμοις· ἀλλὰ, μὰ Δί', οὐκ οἶδ' ἔγωγε γράμματ' οὐδ' ἐπίσταμαι, τὰ ἄλλα ἀπὸ γλώττης φράσω σοι· μνημονεύω γὰρ καλῶς. Θουκυδίδης ζʹ· καὶ ἥκοντες εἰς τὰς Ἀθήνας οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ Νικίου, ὅσα τε ἀπὸ γλώττης εἴρητο αὐτοῖς εἶπον. Πλάτων Θεαιτήτῳ· ἀτὰρ τίνες ἦσαν οἱ λόγοι; ἔχοις ἂν διηγήσασθαι; οὐ μὰ τὸν Δί' οὔκουν, οὔγε ἀπὸ στόματος, ἀλλ' ἐγραψάμην μὲν τοῦτ' εὐθὺς οἴκαδ' ἐλθὼν ὑπομνήματα. καὶ Ἀποστοματίζειν φασὶ τὸν διδάσκαλον, ὅταν κελεύῃ τὸν παῖδα λέγειν ἄττα ἀπὸ στόματος.

Betacode

*)apostomati/zein: a)po\ mnh/mhs le/gein. kai\ *)apo\ sto/matos, a)/neu gramma/twn. o( de\ keleu/ei a)po\ sto/matos fra/zein toi=s h(gemo/si tw=n *ma/rdwn. kai\ *)apo\ sto/matos, w(s h(mei=s to\ mh\ dia\ gramma/twn, a)ll' a)po\ mnh/mhs. *filh/mwn *nemome/nois: a)po\ sto/matos a(/pant', e)a\n bou/lhsq', e)rw=. *krati=nos de\ tauto\ tou=t' a)po\ glw/tths, *no/mois: a)lla\, ma\ *di/', ou)k oi)=d' e)/gwge gra/mmat' ou)d' e)pi/stamai, ta\ a)/lla a)po\ glw/tths fra/sw soi: mnhmoneu/w ga\r kalw=s. *qoukudi/dhs z#: kai\ h(/kontes ei)s ta\s *)aqh/nas oi( a)po\ tou= *niki/ou, o(/sa te a)po\ glw/tths ei)/rhto au)toi=s ei)=pon. *pla/twn *qeaith/tw|: a)ta\r ti/nes h)=san oi( lo/goi; e)/xois a)\n dihgh/sasqai; ou) ma\ to\n *di/' ou)/koun, ou)/ge a)po\ sto/matos, a)ll' e)graya/mhn me\n tou=t' eu)qu\s oi)/kad' e)lqw\n u(pomnh/mata. kai\ *)apostomati/zein fasi\ to\n dida/skalon, o(/tan keleu/h| to\n pai=da le/gein a)/tta a)po\ sto/matos.

Notes (5)

1Arrian, Parthica fr. 87 Roos-Wirth. ↩
2Philemon fr. 48 Kock, now 50 K.-A. ↩
3Cratinus fr. 122 Kock, now 128 K.-A. ↩
4Thucydides 7.10 (web address 1 below). ↩
5Plato, Theaetetus 142D (web address 2). ↩

External resources

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

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α3070Ἀπεστομάτισανthey recited[Meaning] they declaimed.

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α3559Ἀποστολαίdispatches α3560Ἀποστολικὴ πολιτείαApostolic life α3561Ἀποστοματίζεινto recite, to dictate α3562Ἀποστομοῦνto stop up α3563Ἀποστρακισθῆναιto have been ostracized

Revision history7 revisions · last 2 Oct 2015

2 Oct 2015Revised — Catharine Roth
2 Oct 2015typo — Catharine Roth
26 Dec 2014Revised — David Whitehead
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5 Apr 2012more keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2002cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2001added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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