Γυμνότερος Ἰαλέμου
more naked than a Ialemos
Translated by William Hutton13 Jul 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
The *)ia/lemos [is] a nickname of a dirge. [The proverb] is applied in reference to pitiful people/things.1
Also [sc. attested is] "more naked than a pestle and a slough", though Aristophanes [says] "more blind". For it [sc. the slough] is the skin and the shedding of the snake and the cicada, from the 'husk' [lepi/s ]. Properly, however, [it is] the membrane with which the fetus of a cow is surrounded. This is also 'blind': because it only has the appearance of eyes. They express the proverb in three ways: 'more blind', 'more empty', and 'more naked'.2
Also [sc. attested is] "more naked than a pestle and a slough", though Aristophanes [says] "more blind". For it [sc. the slough] is the skin and the shedding of the snake and the cicada, from the 'husk' [
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γυμνότερος Ἰαλέμου· ὁ Ἰάλεμος ἐπίρρημα θρήνου. τάσσεται δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκτρῶν. καὶ Γυμνότερος ὑπέρου καὶ λεβηρίδος. Ἀριστοφάνης δὲ τυφλότερος. ἔστι δὲ τὸ σῦφαρ καὶ ἔκδυμα τοῦ ὄφεως καὶ τοῦ τέττιγος, παρὰ τὴν λεπίδα. κυρίως δὲ, ᾧ περιέχεται τὸ ἔμβρυον τοῦ βοός. ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο καὶ τυφλόν· τὰς γὰρ ὀπὰς μόνας ἔχει τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν. τριχῆ δὲ ἀναγράφουσι τὴν παροιμίαν, τυφλότερος, κενότερος καὶ γυμνότερος.
Betacode
*gumno/teros *)iale/mou: o( *)ia/lemos e)pi/rrhma qrh/nou. ta/ssetai de\ e)pi\ tw=n oi)ktrw=n. kai\ *gumno/teros u(pe/rou kai\ lebhri/dos. *)aristofa/nhs de\ tuflo/teros. e)/sti de\ to\ su=far kai\ e)/kduma tou= o)/fews kai\ tou= te/ttigos, para\ th\n lepi/da. kuri/ws de\, w(=| perie/xetai to\ e)/mbruon tou= boo/s. e)/sti de\ tou=to kai\ tuflo/n: ta\s ga\r o)pa\s mo/nas e)/xei tw=n o)fqalmw=n. trixh= de\ a)nagra/fousi th\n paroimi/an, tuflo/teros, keno/teros kai\ gumno/teros.
Notes (1)
- [1] Zenobius 4.39, etc. For Ialemos, claimed by some to be a son of Kalliope (kappa 234), and another proverb involving him see iota 17.↩
- 2Zenobius 2.95, etc.; cf. lambda 218, sigma 1694, tau 1217, upsilon 341. ('Aristophanes' = fr. 35 Kock, now 33 Kassel-Austin.)
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Revision history6 revisions · last 4 Oct 2015
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- betacode cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes and a keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton