Αἰξωνηίς
Aixonian
Translated by David Whitehead27 Sep 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
It is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Kekropis. They used to be ridiculed in comedy as slanderers. Hence they used to call speaking ill [of someone] "playing the Aixonian".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰξωνηίς· δῆμός ἐστι φυλῆς Κεκροπίδος. ἐκωμῳδοῦντο δὲ ὡς βλάσφημοι. ἀφ' οὗ καὶ τὸ κακῶς λέγεσθαι αἰξωνεύεσθαι ἔλεγον.
Betacode
*ai)cwnhi/s: dh=mo/s e)sti fulh=s *kekropi/dos. e)kwmw|dou=nto de\ w(s bla/sfhmoi. a)f' ou(= kai\ to\ kakw=s le/gesqai ai)cwneu/esqai e)/legon.
Notes (1)
- The transmitted headword is↩
*ai)cwnhi/s , presumably proffered as a feminine adjective or noun in the nominative singular. However, in the Suda's source, Harpokration, it is the locative*ai)cwnh=sin ("at-Aixone"), cited from Isaeus fr. 99 Sauppe.
On Aixone (present-day Glyphada) see generally C.W.J. Eliot, Coastal Demes of Attika (Toronto 1962) 6-24; J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica (Princeton 1975) 50; D. Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986) index s.v.- 3See already alphaiota 239; also alphaiota 240, alphaiota 241.
Linked from4 entries
- αι239Αἰξωνεύεσθαιto be an Aixonian, to play the AixonianThe [verb that means] to make slanderous accusations. A metaphor from the deme of the Aixoneis; for they are ridiculed in comedy [as] slanderers.
- αι240ΑἰξωνεύςAixonian[Meaning] a slanderer. It also means one who buys goats.
- αι241Αἰξωνείαbeing an Aixonian, playing the Aixonian[Meaning] slander.
- αι243Αἰξωνίδα τρίγληνAixonian mulletThese seem to be very excellent and to differ from the others in this respect.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Nov 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keywords — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead