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Διαλεπτολογοῦμαι · I discourse subtly (δ 629) · 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 δ629

δ625enlarging, picking open
δ626they might converse with women
δ627dialectic
δ628speech, conversation, discourse
δ629I discourse subtly
δ630interval
δ631interval's, of an interval
δ632standing at intervals
δ633halting

Suda/Δ delta/δ629

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Διαλεπτολογοῦμαι

I discourse subtly

Translated by Catharine Roth4 May 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

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comedy
definition
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3 notes · 41 words

Translation

[Meaning] I converse.¹ Just as Socrates said: "I tread the air and observe the sun,² so that it does not draw the moisture into the watercress".³ Thus also the old man [says], "I discourse subtly with the beams of the house."⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διαλεπτολογοῦμαι· διαλέγομαι. ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ Σωκράτης ἔφη· ἀεροβατῶ καὶ περιφρονῶ τὸν ἥλιον· ἵνα μὴ ἕλκῃ τὴν ἰκμάδ' ἐς τὰ κάρδαμα. οὕτω καὶ ὁ πρεσβύτης· διαλεπτολογοῦμαι ταῖς δοκοῖς τῆς οἰκίας.

Betacode

*dialeptologou=mai: diale/gomai. w(/sper kai\ o( *swkra/ths e)/fh: a)erobatw= kai\ perifronw= to\n h(/lion: i(/na mh\ e(/lkh| th\n i)kma/d' e)s ta\ ka/rdama. ou(/tw kai\ o( presbu/ths: dialeptologou=mai tai=s dokoi=s th=s oi)ki/as.

Notes (3)

[1] Or hold a discussion. The headword is a comic coinage; cf. alpha 561, pi 1344.
2Aristophanes, Clouds 225 (web address 1). ↩
3cf. Aristophanes, Clouds 233-234. ↩
4Aristophanes, Clouds 1496 (web address 2), the scholia to which supply the present entry.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α561Ἀεροβατεῖνto tread the airTo walk on the air. To go on the air. And Socrates said: "I tread the air and I observe the sun, so that it does not draw the moisture into the watercress".

Neighbouring entries

δ627Διαλεκτικήdialectic δ628Διάλεξιςspeech, conversation, discourse δ629ΔιαλεπτολογοῦμαιI discourse subtly δ630Διάλειμμαinterval δ631Διαλείμματοςinterval's, of an interval

Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Oct 2015

24 Oct 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Jun 2012upgraded links — Catharine Roth
29 Jun 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
5 May 2002cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 May 2002Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διαλεπτολογοῦμαι (Adler number delta 629), trans. Catharine Roth, 4 May 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/629

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