Ἄσπλαγχνος
gutless
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jan 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] undaring, base, craven, cowardly. Sophocles [writes]: "not by nature gutless [sc. though] born of that man." [Meaning] by nature weak and other than that of his father.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄσπλαγχνος· ἄτολμος, ταπεινὸς, δειλὸς, ψυχρός. Σοφοκλῆς· μή τοι φύσιν ἄσπλαγχνος ἐκείνου γεγονώς. φύσιν δὲ ἀσθενῆ καὶ ἀλλοίαν παρὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρός.
Betacode
*)/asplagxnos: a)/tolmos, tapeino\s, deilo\s, yuxro/s. *sofoklh=s: mh/ toi fu/sin a)/splagxnos e)kei/nou gegonw/s. fu/sin de\ a)sqenh= kai\ a)lloi/an para\ th\n tou= patro/s.