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Διεσμιλευμένον · polished-off (δ 961) · Suda

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δ957dispersed, disseminated, scattered (?)
δ958prepared
δ959supported
δ960is covered with shadow
δ961polished-off
δ962having squandered away
δ963I worked zealously
δ964her who has been fucked
δ965gave orders

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Διεσμιλευμένον

polished-off

Translated by Antonella Ippolito2 May 2005Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 6 words

Translation

[Meaning] split,¹ refined, smoothed, completely purified.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διεσμιλευμένον· διεσχισμένον, ἠκριβωμένον, ἐξεσμένον, περικεκαθαρμένον.

Betacode

*diesmileume/non: diesxisme/non, h)kribwme/non, e)cesme/non, perikekaqarme/non.

Notes (2)

= Synagoge delta267, Photius delta552 Theodoridis, Etymologicum Magnum 273.53. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative or masculine accusative singular, of diasmileu/w; literally 'polish off with a chisel'.
1The pertinence of this gloss to the headword is not immediately apparent, but it is probably a metaphorical reference to the chiseling off of shavings to bring something to a fine point. See for instance Etymologicum Magnum 718.26 s.v. sko/lopes, defining the headword ('pointed sticks') as to\ diesxisme/non kai\ a)pwcumme/non cu/lon ('wood that is split and shaved off'). ↩
2For examples of the figurative use of this participle, see Greek Anthology 15.38 (Cometas), referring to books, and Alexis frs. 220-1 Kock (now combined as 223 Kassel-Austin): leptoi\ diesmileume/nai te fronti/des, "subtle, refinished [philosophical] theories". Genitive plural in Hesychius delta1663 (gloss leptologhqe/ntwn); adverb id. delta1664 (gloss h)kribwme/nws); and Pollux 6.150. See also the scholia to Lucian, Bis accusatus 34, applying the headword to stylistic elegance: to\n *)attikismo/n fhsi kai\ to\ th=s le/cews a)nqhro\n kai\ diesmileume/non ("he means the Attic dialect and the flowery elegance of style").

Neighbouring entries

δ959Διεσκήριπτενsupported δ960Διεσκίασταιis covered with shadow δ961Διεσμιλευμένονpolished-off δ962Διεσπαθηκόταhaving squandered away δ963ΔιεσπευσάμηνI worked zealously

Revision history7 revisions · last 3 Jan 2015

3 Jan 2015updated a ref — David Whitehead
15 Nov 2014betacode typo, other cosmetics — Catharine Roth
15 Nov 2014cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Nov 2014coding — Catharine Roth
25 Aug 2013tweaked translation, augmented and rearranged notes. — William Hutton
9 Jul 2012more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
3 May 2005more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 May 2005Translated — Antonella Ippolito

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διεσμιλευμένον (Adler number delta 961), trans. Antonella Ippolito, 2 May 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/961

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