Ἀστεῖα λέγεις
you say urbane things
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jan 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀστεῖα λέγεις. καὶ Ἀστεῖον, τὸ πολιτικόν. ἀστεῖόν τι καὶ κατερρινημένον εἰπεῖν. κωμικὴ ἡ συμπλοκή. σημαίνει δὲ τὸ κατερρινημένον τὸ ἄκρως διειργασμένον. ἐν συνουσίᾳ χρῶ.
Betacode
*)astei=a le/geis. kai\ *)astei=on, to\ politiko/n. a)stei=o/n ti kai\ katerrinhme/non ei)pei=n. kwmikh\ h( sumplokh/. shmai/nei de\ to\ katerrinhme/non to\ a)/krws dieirgasme/non. e)n sunousi/a| xrw=.
Notes (2)
- The unglossed headword phrase, as a TLG search reveals, is quoted from John Chrysostom's Homily on Paul's Letter to the Ephesians (PG 62,119).↩
- 1Aristophanes, Frogs 901 [901a Dover] (web address 1 below); cf. kappa 981, lambda 441. ↩
- 2This commentary on the passage derives from Phrynichus (Praeparatio sophistica fr. 266.)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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- α4235Ἀστεῖοςurbane[Meaning] quick on the uptake, pleasant to look at, graceful, beautiful, humorous. Also [sc. attested is the comparative, and dative] a)steiote/rw| ["more/rather urbane"], meaning more/rather intelligent. "He found an…
- α4246Ἀστόςtownsman[Meaning a] citizen.
- αι362Αἰσχυνόμενος περιπλέκει τὴν συμφοράνout of shame he obfuscates the calamity[Use] in conversation.
- δ1498Δρᾶμαact, drama[Meaning a] thing done, deed. As also to act [means] to do. Drama means also the things done in imitation by theatre-people [= actors] as in playing a speaking part [? = declaiming]. But he planned "to deceive with a…
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- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict