Skip to content

Search the Suda

Browse Topics Random About

After Suda On Line, the collaborative English translation of the Suda. Texts are © their translators and SOL, licensed CC BY-NC-SA. A non-commercial project.

About & credits Browse Topics Original SOL

⌕Search ΑLetters ⤨Random

Keyboard shortcuts

j: Next entry
k: Previous entry
g: Toggle Greek
/: Search
?: Show shortcuts

Ἀκωδώνιστον · unbelled (α 947) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α947

α943Akousilaos; Akusilaos; Acusilaus
α944to make to hear
α945Akouphis, Acuphis
α946Akko, Acco
α947unbelled
α948point
α949to stuff the lips with a crumb (and) not with a fig
α950high
α951Akragalis

Suda/Α alpha/α947

← Previous entry,α946 Next entry,α948 →

Ἀκωδώνιστον

unbelled

Translated by William Hutton23 Apr 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

aetiology
comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
imagery
military affairs
+3

1 note · 45 words

Translation

Meaning [something] untried, untested; for 'to bell' is to put to the test. It is derived from those who go around and use bells to test whether those who are stationed at the watchposts are awake. Some commentators say the word is derived from quails.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀκωδώνιστον· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπείραστον, ἀβασάνιστον· κωδωνίσαι γὰρ τὸ διαπειραθῆναι. μετῆκται δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν περιπολούντων καὶ κώδωσι διαπειρωμένων, εἰ ἐγρηγόρασιν οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς φυλακαῖς τεταγμένοι. οἱ δὲ ὑπομνηματισταὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀρτύγων φασὶ μετῆχθαι τὴν λέξιν.

Betacode

*)akwdw/niston: a)nti\ tou= a)pei/raston, a)basa/niston: kwdwni/sai ga\r to\ diapeiraqh=nai. meth=ktai de\ a)po\ tw=n peripolou/ntwn kai\ kw/dwsi diapeirwme/nwn, ei) e)grhgo/rasin oi( e)pi\ tai=s fulakai=s tetagme/noi. oi( de\ u(pomnhmatistai\ a)po\ tw=n o)rtu/gwn fasi\ meth=xqai th\n le/cin.

Notes (1)

See also delta 907, epsilon 546, kappa 1257.
1The scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 485 (where, uniquely, this neuter singular adjective appears) elucidate: quails that could tolerate the sound of a bell would be good fighting birds. But other explanations were proffered besides the two given here: testing horses, testing fired pottery, and (cf. Frogs 723) testing money.

Linked from2 entries

α3127Ἀπείραστονuntried[no gloss]
ε546Ἐκωδωνίζοντοthey used to be sounded out[Meaning] they became notorious. [The word] has also been applied to [sc. circumstances where one might otherwise have said] 'they were put to the test'. So Lysias [sc. illustrates].

Neighbouring entries

α945ἌκουφιςAkouphis, Acuphis α946ἈκκώAkko, Acco α947Ἀκωδώνιστονunbelled α948Ἀκωκήpoint α949Ἀκόλῳ τὰ χείλη οὐ σύκῳ βύσαιto stuff the lips with a crumb (and) not with a fig

Revision history5 revisions · last 27 Jan 2012

27 Jan 2012more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
16 Nov 2006x-refs and more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Apr 2001added note and keyword — David Whitehead
—
—
23 Apr 2001Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀκωδώνιστον (Adler number alpha 947), trans. William Hutton, 23 Apr 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/947

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