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Δυσπινῆ · squalid (things) (δ 1688) · Suda

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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 δ1688

δ1684rugged, steep
δ1685falling out badly, difficult
δ1686turning out badly
δ1687disobedient
δ1688squalid (things)
δ1689inaccessible
δ1690hard to acquire, obtained with difficulty
δ1691more ill-fated, rather ill-fated
δ1692unapproachable

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Δυσπινῆ

squalid (things)

Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo22 Feb 2005Vetting: high9 revisions

clothing
comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
ethics
mythology
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- stagecraft
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2 notes · 36 words

Translation

[Meaning] ones that have been made filthy, dirty ones.¹ For squalor [pinos] [is] filth. Aristophanes [writes]: "but now do you wish for the squalid robes [which Bellerophon wore]?"²
And elsewhere: "then he put on squalid garments".³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυσπινῆ· τὰ ἐρρυπωμένα, τὰ ῥυπαρά. πίνος γὰρ ὁ ῥύπος. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀλλ' ἤδη τὰ δυσπινῆ θέλεις πεπλώματα; καὶ αὖθις· εἶτ' ἔδυσε δυσπινεῖς στολάς.

Betacode

*duspinh=: ta\ e)rrupwme/na, ta\ r(upara/. pi/nos ga\r o( r(u/pos. *)aristofa/nhs: a)ll' h)/dh ta\ duspinh= qe/leis peplw/mata; kai\ au)=qis: ei)=t' e)/duse duspinei=s stola/s.

Notes (2)

[1] Neuter plurals, the headword one extracted from the passage about to be quoted.
2Aristophanes, Acharnians 426 (with h)/dh instead of h)=: see web address 1), with scholion. Euripides, the speaker of this line, delighted -- or was supposed by Aristophanes to delight -- in the representation of misery and wretchedness on the stage. Besides this notable adjective, Aristophanes uses here the neuter noun pe/plwma (in the plural: enrobings; cross-reference at pi 1007). It will have called to mind the Panathenaic pe/plos (pi 1006), and the tragedians use it to generate solemn atmospheres evoking an historic, heroic garment. Nonetheless it is evident that in this context Aristophanes seeks to create nothing but a comic effect. See (at web address 2) an article by Mireille M. Lee on the "Tragedic peplos". For Bellerophon see generally iota 400. ↩
3Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1597 (but here with an unsatisfactory textual variant, e)/duse "put on" for e)/luse "loosened": web address 3).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 classicalstudies.org
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

δ1686Δυσπετοῦνταturning out badly δ1687Δυσπειθὴςdisobedient δ1688Δυσπινῆsqualid (things)δ1689Δυσπλῆτιςinaccessible δ1690Δυσπόριστονhard to acquire, obtained with difficulty

Revision history9 revisions · last 11 Nov 2016

11 Nov 2016updated link — Catharine Roth
17 Nov 2015Revised — David Whitehead
8 Mar 2015x-ref — David Whitehead
8 Mar 2015typo — Catharine Roth
21 Feb 2015updated link — Catharine Roth
21 Feb 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Jul 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Feb 2005modified headword and aspects of translation and notes — David Whitehead
22 Feb 2005cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
22 Feb 2005Translated — Stefano Sanfilippo

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δυσπινῆ (Adler number delta 1688), trans. Stefano Sanfilippo, 22 Feb 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1688

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