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Δεινὰ μὲν οὖν · terrible things indeed (δ 332) · 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 δ332

δ328let us build
δ329to bind
δ330I deemed it necessary
δ331terrible things
δ332terrible things indeed
δ333Dinarchus, Deinarchos
δ334nothing is mightier than terrible necessity
δ335Deiniadai, Deiniadae
δ336Deinias, Dinias

Suda/Δ delta/δ332

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Δεινὰ μὲν οὖν

terrible things indeed

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Sep 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

definition
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49 words

Translation

"[Terrible things indeed,] I a wise interpreter am stirred up with terrible things, neither approving nor denying; I am at a loss as to what I should say: I am aflutter with hopes seeing neither the present nor the past."¹ "Approving" and "denying" things [are] neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δεινὰ μὲν οὖν, δεινὰ ταράσσομαι σοφὸς οἰωνοθέτας, οὔτε δοκοῦντ' οὔτ' ἀποφάσκονθ'· ὅ τι λέξω δ' ἀπορῶ· πέτομαι δ' ἐλπίσιν οὔτ' ἐνθάδ' ὁρῶν οὔτ' ὀπίσω. δοκοῦντα δὲ καὶ ἀποφάσκοντα οὔτε πιστὰ οὔτε ἄπιστα.

Betacode

*deina\ me\n ou)=n, deina\ tara/ssomai sofo\s oi)wnoqe/tas, ou)/te dokou=nt' ou)/t' a)pofa/skonq': o(/ ti le/cw d' a)porw=: pe/tomai d' e)lpi/sin ou)/t' e)nqa/d' o(rw=n ou)/t' o)pi/sw. dokou=nta de\ kai\ a)pofa/skonta ou)/te pista\ ou)/te a)/pista.

Notes

[1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 483-6 (web address 1), which reads tara/ssei ["he stirs up"] - the subject being Teiresias (tau 453) - for the lexicon's tara/ssomai ["I am stirred up"]. The participles might be understood as masculine accusative singular (agreeing with "me" understood) or as neuter accusative plural (agreeing with deina/). The sentence which follows in the gloss, adopting the latter interpretation, is from the scholia to line 485. See LSJ s.v. a)pofa/skw.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

α1425ἈλύδενοςAludenos, AlydenosA bad wind.
δ343Δεινόςterrible; terribly clever[Meaning] knavish, capable, unswayed by flattery, wise, experienced. "You [are] terribly clever at speaking, but I am bad at learning from you. For I have found you ill-minded and harsh towards me." The sense: you are…

Neighbouring entries

δ330Δεῖν ᾠήθηνI deemed it necessary δ331Δεινάterrible things δ332Δεινὰ μὲν οὖνterrible things indeed δ333ΔείναρχοςDinarchus, Deinarchos δ334Δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχυρότερονnothing is mightier than terrible necessity

Revision history6 revisions · last 17 Jul 2016

17 Jul 2016expanded note — Catharine Roth
16 Jul 2016tweaked translation and note — Catharine Roth
20 Jun 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
16 Sep 2002augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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10 Sep 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δεινὰ μὲν οὖν (Adler number delta 332), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Sep 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/332

Translation by Jennifer Benedict 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 ↗