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Ἀθύρωτον στόμα · doorless mouth (α 772) · Suda

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α768to sport
α769little toy
α770impudent loquacity
α771Athuros, Athyros, Athurus, Athyrus
α772doorless mouth
α773sacrifice-less [ones]
α774Academy
α775Academy
α776impure, unclean, uncleansed

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Ἀθύρωτον στόμα

doorless mouth

Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Nov 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

comedy
definition
ethics
imagery
rhetoric

4 notes · 35 words

Translation

Thus doorless, not gateless.¹ Aristophanes in Frogs [sc. uses the phrase].²
Also [in] Phrynichus.³ But some write "gateless" when they mean "opened and not having a gate", that is to say not curbed or controlled.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀθύρωτον στόμα· οὕτως ἀθύρωτον, οὐκ ἀπύλωτον. Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Βατράχοις. καὶ Φρύνιχος. οἱ δὲ γράφοντες ἀπύλωτον ἀντὶ τοῦ ἠνεῳγμένον καὶ πύλην μὴ ἔχον, τουτέστι μὴ χαλιναγωγούμενον μηδὲ κρατούμενον.

Betacode

*)aqu/rwton sto/ma: ou(/tws a)qu/rwton, ou)k a)pu/lwton. *)aristofa/nhs e)n *batra/xois. kai\ *fru/nixos. oi( de\ gra/fontes a)pu/lwton a)nti\ tou= h)new|gme/non kai\ pu/lhn mh\ e)/xon, toute/sti mh\ xalinagwgou/menon mhde\ kratou/menon.

Notes (4)

See already alpha 358, and again alpha 3720.
1i.e. '"doorless" is correct'. ↩
2See n.4 below. ↩
3Once registered as a fragment of Ph. the comic poet (fr. 82 Kock) but nowadays, as in Adler, attributed to Ph. Arabius, Praeparatio sophistica (fr.10a de Borries). ↩
4From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 838 (where the mss offer both "gateless" and "doorless"; the most recent editor, K.J. Dover, prints the latter.)

Linked from2 entries

α358Ἀγριοποιόνwild-maker, wild-makingAnd a wild-making fellow. [sc. Meaning him who is] introducing savage heroes. Aristophanes [says] about Aeschylus: "I know him and understand him well; I've watched him for a long time; a wild-making fellow, stubborn of…
α3720Ἀπύλωτον στόμαgateless mouthAristophanes in Frogs [writes] a)qu/rwton ["doorless"] but not a)pu/lwton ["gateless"]. Also Phrynichus. But some write a)pu/lwton meaning open and not having a gate: that is, neither curbed nor controlled.

Neighbouring entries

α770Ἀθυρογλωττίαimpudent loquacity α771ἌθυροςAthuros, Athyros, Athurus, Athyrus α772Ἀθύρωτον στόμαdoorless mouth α773Ἀθύτουςsacrifice-less [ones]α774ἈκαδημίαAcademy

Revision history9 revisions · last 3 May 2015

3 May 2015tweaking — David Whitehead
22 Jan 2015coding — Catharine Roth
24 Jan 2012punctuation — Catharine Roth
22 Jan 2012augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2001added note — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2001rectified translation — David Whitehead
6 Nov 2000modified headword and translation; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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6 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀθύρωτον στόμα (Adler number alpha 772), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 6 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/772

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗