Δυστράπελος
intransigent
Translated by William Hutton2 Mar 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] difficult to move, unalterable, difficult to shift, [one] who did not find [a way] to escape suffering. Thus they also say 'intransigent ditch': one which is not easy to undo.1 Or, one who is immovable in anger or disposition or greediness, the type [they call] also 'intractable'. Sophokles [says]: "[where, where] is he lying, the intransigent" -- that is the ill-tempered -- "the ill-named Aias?".2 As even Aias himself said: "Ai! ai! Who would have ever thought that my name would provide such an appellation for my misfortune? Now I have reason to cry 'ai!' twice [...], for such are the misfortunes I am encountering."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δυστράπελος· δυσκίνητος, ἀμετάτρεπτος, δυσμετάθετος, ὃς οὐχ εὗρεν ἐκφυγεῖν τὸ πάθος. οὕτως λέγουσι καὶ δυστράπελον ὄρυγμα, τὸ οὐκ εὐδιάλυτον. ἢ ὁ ἀμετακίνητος ὀργῇ ἢ διαθέσει ἢ φιλαργυρίᾳ, τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ καὶ ἀτράπελον. Σοφοκλῆς· κεῖται ὁ δυστράπελος, τουτέστιν ὁ δύσκολος, ὁ δυσώνυμος Αἴας. ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς εἶπεν ὁ Αἴας· αἶ, αἶ, τίς ἄν ποτ' ᾤεθ' ὧδ' ἐπώνυμον τοὐμὸν ξυνοίσειν ὄνομα τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς· νῦν γὰρ πάρεστι καὶ δὶς αἰάζειν ἐμοί, καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις γὰρ κακοῖς ἐντυγχάνω.
Betacode
*dustra/pelos: duski/nhtos, a)meta/treptos, dusmeta/qetos, o(\s ou)x eu(=ren e)kfugei=n to\ pa/qos. ou(/tws le/gousi kai\ dustra/pelon o)/rugma, to\ ou)k eu)dia/luton. h)\ o( a)metaki/nhtos o)rgh=| h)\ diaqe/sei h)\ filarguri/a|, to\n au)to\n de\ kai\ a)tra/pelon. *sofoklh=s: kei=tai o( dustra/pelos, toute/stin o( du/skolos, o( dusw/numos *ai)/as. w(s kai\ au)to\s ei)=pen o( *ai)/as: ai)=, ai)=, ti/s a)/n pot' w)/|eq' w(=d' e)pw/numon tou)mo\n cunoi/sein o)/noma toi=s e)moi=s kakoi=s: nu=n ga\r pa/resti kai\ di\s ai)a/zein e)moi/, kai\ toi=s toiou/tois ga\r kakoi=s e)ntugxa/nw.
Notes (3)
- See also delta 1700.↩
- 1So the transmitted text of this phrase, but it looks odd. Adler notes (but does not adopt) two suggested emendations of its noun: to
o)/rghma (cf. LSJ s.v.) or topra=gma (as in Heniochus fr. 4 Kock and K.-A.). ↩- 2Sophokles, Ajax 912 (web address 1), preceded by material from the scholia there. ↩
- 3Sophokles, Ajax 430-433 (web address 2); cf. alpha 748 (end), alphaiota 91.
- 1So the transmitted text of this phrase, but it looks odd. Adler notes (but does not adopt) two suggested emendations of its noun: to
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α748Ἀθώπευτονunflatterable, rough[Meaning] unpamperable, unmerciful. "He hung up the hide of a rough beast for Pan". He is speaking about a boar. "For I fall in with these sorts of troubles".
- αι4Αἰάζεινto wail[Meaning] to lament. Or the [verb that means] to express pity.
- αι91Αἲ αἴai ai!"Ai ai! Who ever would have thought that my appellation would provide a name my sufferings this way?" Aias says [this]. "And now it is fitting even to cry 'aiai!' twice for me and thrice." This is in the manner of the…
- δ1700Δυστραπελίαintransigence['Intransigence'] and [sc. also attested is the related adjective] 'intransigent', [meaning] stubborn, disorderly, inflexible.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 30 Dec 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- more notes and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton