Ἀποιχόμενα
(things which are) passing away
Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Jun 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning things which are] passing on.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "stop, stop."2 For [Hermes] was speaking ill of someone who was dead [i.e. Kleon]. It was a custom among the ancients not to speak ill of those who were passing away.
Aristophanes [writes]: "stop, stop."2 For [Hermes] was speaking ill of someone who was dead [i.e. Kleon]. It was a custom among the ancients not to speak ill of those who were passing away.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀποιχόμενα· παρερχόμενα. Ἀριστοφάνης· παῦε, παῦε. νεκρὸν γὰρ ὄντα ἐλοιδόρει. ἔθος δὲ ἦν τοῖς ἀρχαίοις τοὺς ἀποιχομένους μὴ λοιδορεῖν.
Betacode
*)apoixo/mena: parerxo/mena. *)aristofa/nhs: pau=e, pau=e. nekro\n ga\r o)/nta e)loido/rei. e)/qos de\ h)=n toi=s a)rxai/ois tou\s a)poixome/nous mh\ loidorei=n.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword participle must be quoted from somewhere but is not otherwise attested. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Peace 648. Adler, for once, errs, in citing line 326 of the play: the phrase does occur there too, but in a quite different context from the one in question here, which the entry, drawn from the scholia ad loc., proceeds to elucidate. See also, more explicitly, pi 805. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Aug 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict