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Διακωδωνίσαντες · having proved by ringing (δ 599) · 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 δ599

δ595orderly arrangement
δ596I hear out
δ597to stare
δ598I ring abroad
δ599having proved by ringing
δ600I will prove by ringing
δ601cessation
δ602I thoroughly hinder, I thoroughly impede, I thoroughly thwart
δ603shaking violently, shattering

Suda/Δ delta/δ599

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Διακωδωνίσαντες

having proved by ringing

Translated by Craig Gibson4 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

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3 notes · 24 words

Translation

[Meaning they] having tested.¹
"And having tested the youths, the teacher said, 'Tell me what you want;'"² [he was] speaking to the sophist Hippodromos.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διακωδωνίσαντες· δοκιμάσαντες. διακωδωνίσας δὲ ὁ παιδευτὴς τὰ μειράκια, λέγε, ἔφη, ὅτι βούλει· πρὸς Ἱππόδρομον διαλεγόμενος τὸν σοφιστήν.

Betacode

*diakwdwni/santes: dokima/santes. diakwdwni/sas de\ o( paideuth\s ta\ meira/kia, le/ge, e)/fh, o(/ti bou/lei: pro\s *(ippo/dromon dialego/menos to\n sofisth/n.

Notes (3)

For this verb see also delta 598, delta 600.
1Same or similar glossing in other lexica. The headword participle must be quoted from somewhere. ↩
2Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.27.5, which actually gives the name of 'the teacher': Megistias (of Smyrna). ↩
3H. of Thessaly.

Linked from2 entries

δ598ΔιακωδωνίζωI ring abroad[Meaning] I spread abroad. Also [sc. attested is] diakwdwnisqe/ntes ["they having been rung abroad"], [meaning they] having been spread abroad. For the most part it is applied to people/things being made fun of.
δ600ΔιακωδωνίσωI will prove by ringingLike I will test; Aristophanes [sc. uses this verb]. Because some of the birds are tested by the sound of a bell. And they used to test horses in this way with bells, [to see] whether they would be frightened by noises.…

Neighbouring entries

δ597Διακουράζεσθαιto stare δ598ΔιακωδωνίζωI ring abroad δ599Διακωδωνίσαντεςhaving proved by ringing δ600ΔιακωδωνίσωI will prove by ringing δ601Διακωχήcessation

Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Dec 2014

10 Dec 2014coding — Catharine Roth
28 Jun 2012supplemented tr; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Jul 2003added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Jul 2003Translated — Craig Gibson

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διακωδωνίσαντες (Adler number delta 599), trans. Craig Gibson, 4 Jul 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/599

Translation by Craig Gibson 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 ↗