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Ἔναυλον · fresh in the memory (ε 1141) · Suda

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ε1137to supplicate
ε1138barley-soaks
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ε1140abode, quarters
ε1141fresh in the memory
ε1142beds, channels
ε1143sparks
ε1144taking refuge in it
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Ἔναυλον

fresh in the memory

Translated by Antonella Ippolito14 Oct 2005Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 36 words

Translation

[Meaning] recorded not long before, still ringing in the ears.¹
The Pisidian [says]: "for always, as it seems, the circumstances resulting from sorrows fresh in the memory give rise to impulses better than [sc. rational] decisions".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔναυλον· οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ μνημονευόμενον, ἔτι ἐνηχούμενον. Πισίδης· ἀεὶ γάρ, ὡς ἔοικεν, αἱ περιστάσεις ἐκ τῶν ἐναύλων ἠρεθισμέναι πόνων τίκτουσιν ὁρμὰς κρείττονας βουλευμάτων.

Betacode

*)/enaulon: ou) pro\ pollou= mnhmoneuo/menon, e)/ti e)nhxou/menon. *pisi/dhs: a)ei\ ga/r, w(s e)/oiken, ai( perista/seis e)k tw=n e)nau/lwn h)reqisme/nai po/nwn ti/ktousin o(rma\s krei/ttonas bouleuma/twn.

Notes (2)

This entry illustrates LSJ's e)/naulos (B) I.2. In this sense the adjective e)/naulos, -on is connected with musical practice, literally meaning "in the pipe" (au)lo/s; cf. Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis 1.7.a5-6; Hesychius epsilon2700); hence the metaphor lo/gos e)/. "ringing in the ears", then "fresh in memory". See e.g. Plato, Menexenus 235C and Laws 678C; Lucian, Dream 5; and further, next note.
1The headword is masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere, very probably -- in which event it will be neuter -- Aeschines 3.191, on recalling his father's memories of the restoration of democracy to Athens in 403/2; cf. the scholia there. ↩
2George of Pisidia, Heraclias fr. 34 Tartaglia. Here, the Suda transmits o(rma\s krei/ttonas bouleuma/twn, suggesting a genitive of comparison. The original text, however, reads o(rma\s kreitto/nwn bouleuma/twn: impulses for better decisions, a genitive of value construction. That the Pisidian's sense is the latter seems to be confirmed by the last two lines of the fragment (not given by the Suda):
(/otan ma/lista kai\ kata/llhlon fu/sin teqhgme/nhn eu(/rwsin ei)s eu)tolmi/an (especially when they also encounter an adequate nature and a readiness for boldness). Tartaglia notes (233, note 91) that the Pisidian's fragments 31-36 relate to events before Heraclius's (cf. eta 465 generally) attack on the Persians at Nineveh (cf. nu 415, Barrington Atlas map 89 grid F4) in early December 627. Fragment 34, in particular, refers to the Persian general Rhazates (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v.) who decided to alter the order of his lines before the battle, but was defeated and killed; cf. Tartaglia op. cit. Find the related fragments at epsiloniota 2, lambda 474, omicron 22, omicroniota 181, and sigma 1669.

References

L. Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)

Neighbouring entries

ε1139Ἐναυλισθῆναιto have been bivouacked, to have been quartered ε1140Ἐναύλισμαabode, quarters ε1141Ἔναυλονfresh in the memory ε1142Ἐναύλουςbeds, channels ε1143Ἐναύσματαsparks

Revision history7 revisions · last 9 Dec 2025

9 Dec 2025tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
9 Dec 2025added cross-references n.2 — Ronald Allen
24 Sep 2025my typo n.2 — Ronald Allen
23 Sep 2025expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-references, and keywords — Ronald Allen
8 Jan 2016expanded a reference — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2012augmented notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
17 Oct 2005tweaked translation; augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Oct 2005Translated — Antonella Ippolito

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔναυλον (Adler number epsilon 1141), trans. Antonella Ippolito, 14 Oct 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1141

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