Ἠνθισμένον
flowered
Translated by David Whitehead15 Oct 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
"For they will not recognise you for a long time, nor will they suspect [you] thus flowered." Some [understand] the "flowered" as happening to the [man's] head, e.g. flowered in grey hairs. But this [is] incredible: for he would have been recognised, even if he was so altered in the head. It seems to me, therefore, that the "flowered" means dressed. [i.e.] so they will never recognise you in such a form. If we were to accept the "flowered" as referring to age, its application is not to the hair but to the whole body.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἠνθισμένον· οὐ γάρ σε μακρῷ χρόνῳ γνῶσ', οὐδ' ὑποπτεύσουσιν ὧδ' ἠνθισμένον. τινὲς τὸ ἠνθισμένον ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ ἤκουσαν, οἷον ταῖς πολιαῖς ἠνθισμένον. τοῦτο δὲ ἀπίθανον· ἐγνώσθη γὰρ ἄν, εἰ καὶ τοσοῦτον ἤλλαξε τὴν κεφαλήν. δοκεῖ οὖν μοι τὸ ἠνθισμένον, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἠσκημένον. οὐ μὴ οὖν σε ἐπιγνῶσι τοιαῦτα πλαττόμενον. εἰ δὲ τὸ ἠνθισμένον ἐπὶ ἡλικίας δεξαίμεθα, ἔστιν οὐκ ἐπὶ τῶν τριχῶν, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ παντὸς τοῦ σώματος.