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Ἴκτινος · kite (ι 284) · 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 ι284

ι280suppliant
ι281marten
ι282Iktina
ι283kite
ι284kite
ι285fetters
ι286in troops, troop-fashion
ι287be gracious!
ι288gracious

Suda/Ι iota/ι284

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Ἴκτινος

kite

Translated by Catharine Roth6 Apr 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

daily life
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ethics
proverbs
rhetoric
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1 note · 49 words

Translation

A kind of bird.¹
"For I do not think it is easy for one who is changed by old age to escape the story which they tell about the kite: which, [they say] being a bird, attempting to whinny, missed both things, boorishness and cleverness at the same time."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἴκτινος· εἶδος ὀρνέου. οὐ γὰρ οἶμαι ῥᾴδιον ἐν γήρᾳ μετατιθεμένῳ διαφυγεῖν τὸν λεγόμενον ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἰκτίνου μῦθον· ὃς ὄρνις ὤν, ἐπιθέμενος τῷ χρεμετίζειν ἀμφοῖν ἁμαρτεῖν, ἀγροικίας τε ἅμα καὶ δεξιότητος.

Betacode

*)/iktinos: ei)=dos o)rne/ou. ou) ga\r oi)=mai r(a/|dion e)n gh/ra| metatiqeme/nw| diafugei=n to\n lego/menon u(pe\r tou= i)kti/nou mu=qon: o(\s o)/rnis w)/n, e)piqe/menos tw=| xremeti/zein a)mfoi=n a(martei=n, a)groiki/as te a(/ma kai\ decio/thtos.

Notes (1)

[1] cf. iota 283.
2Julian, Misopogon 366A.

Linked from3 entries

ι279ἼκτεροςjaundiceA disease resulting from bile. "Those who were colored with jaundice as if with gold." They say that there is a yellow-colored condition aroused by anger so as to make the eyes of the victims yellow and black, like [the…
ι282ἼκτιναIktinaA proper name.
ι283ἼκτινοςkiteA kind of bird of prey which appears in the spring. And [there is] a proverb: "rolling down before kites." For when spring begins, the kite appears. Delighted by this they used to roll, as if falling on their knees to a…

Neighbouring entries

ι282ἼκτιναIktina ι283Ἴκτινοςkite ι284Ἴκτινοςkite ι285Ἰλλάδεςfetters ι286Ἰλαδόνin troops, troop-fashion

Revision history2 revisions · last 10 Jan 2013

10 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Apr 2006cosmetics; another keyword — David Whitehead
6 Apr 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἴκτινος (Adler number iota 284), trans. Catharine Roth, 6 Apr 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/284

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