Αὐτοκακὸν ἔοικε τῷδε
he seemed evil itself to him
Translated by William Hutton21 Mar 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] extremely and to the point of excess he seemed to him well-disposed.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αὐτοκακὸν ἔοικε τῷδε· ἄκρως καὶ καθ' ὑπερβολὴν ἔοικε τῷδε εὔνους.
Betacode
*au)tokako\n e)/oike tw=|de: a)/krws kai\ kaq' u(perbolh\n e)/oike tw=|de eu)/nous.
Notes
- The headword phrase is taken to come from comedy: Comica adespota fr. 658 Kock, now 559 K.-A. The glossing comes from Phrynichus (Praeparatio sophistica fr. 279), but the final and nonsensical 'well-disposed' has strayed in from somewhere else.