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Κίναδος · beast, monster (κ 1629) · Suda

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κ1625framework
κ1626goat-stench
κ1627of stinking goats
κ1628beast, monster
κ1629beast, monster
κ1630cinnamon, cassia
κ1631kindapsos
κ1632is in danger, is at risk
κ1633to toss up danger

Suda/Κ kappa/κ1629

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Κίναδος

beast, monster

Translated by Nick Nicholas23 Nov 2008Vetting: high7 revisions

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4 notes · 54 words

Translation

A kind of beast; as [used by] Demosthenes in the [speech] On The Crown. "But this little man is by his nature a monster."¹ They claim that any beast can be called a kinados; but particularly the fox.² "Evil-doing like a fox."³
And they say that the Sicilians in particular call the fox kinadion.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κίναδος· εἶδός τι θηρίου· ὡς καὶ Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου. τοῦτο δὲ καὶ φύσει κίναδός ἐστι τἀνθρώπιον. πᾶν μὲν θηρίον κίναδος ἀξιοῦσι καλεῖσθαι· ἰδίως δὲ τὴν ἀλώπεκα. κακοῦργος ὡς ἀλώπηξ. ἰδίως δέ φασι Σικελιώτας τὴν ἀλώπεκα κινάδιον καλεῖν.

Betacode

*ki/nados: ei)=do/s ti qhri/ou: w(s kai\ *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| peri\ tou= stefa/nou. tou=to de\ kai\ fu/sei ki/nado/s e)sti ta)nqrw/pion. pa=n me\n qhri/on ki/nados a)ciou=si kalei=sqai: i)di/ws de\ th\n a)lw/peka. kakou=rgos w(s a)lw/phc. i)di/ws de/ fasi *sikeliw/tas th\n a)lw/peka kina/dion kalei=n.

Notes (4)

Glossarium Italioticum 220 Kassel-Austin has this and related material.
1Demosthenes 18.242, referring to Philip II (web address 1). ↩
2Hence the gloss in kappa 1628. ↩
3"A kind of beast... like a fox" is taken from the scholia vetera to Aristophanes, Clouds 448-9 (web address 2). The last phrase is cited as a saying: "particularly the fox. For [one is] "evil-doing", as they say, "like a fox". The saying is cited to explain the negative associations of ki/nados within cunning. It may originate in Aristotle, History of Animals 488b: "and some animals are cunning and evil-doing, like the fox, while others are high-spirited, friendly, and fawning, like the dog." But as a stereotype, it is fairly obvious, and it also occurs in Harpocration: see below. ↩
4"They claim that... call the fox kinadion" is from Harpocration s.v., which like the present entry is initially generated by Demosthenes 18; note, however, that Photius corrupts Harpok.'s u(pe\r *kthsifw=ntos into kata\ *kthsifw=ntos, thereby creating a non-existent speech and a false connection with Aeschines 3.167 (web address 3). The scholiast to Aristophanes has the correct reference.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

κ1628Κίναδοςbeast, monster[Meaning] the fox. "That blasted beast! You ask me where he is?" Ajax says [this] about Odysseus.

Neighbouring entries

κ1627Κιναβρώντων αἰγῶνof stinking goats κ1628Κίναδοςbeast, monster κ1629Κίναδοςbeast, monster κ1630Κιννάμωμονcinnamon, cassia κ1631Κινδαψόςkindapsos

Revision history7 revisions · last 1 May 2016

1 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
21 Dec 2014added primary note — David Whitehead
25 Feb 2013Revised — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2011modified n.3; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Nov 2008cosmetics, another link — Catharine Roth
23 Nov 2008added links — Catharine Roth
23 Nov 2008keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Nov 2008Translated — Nick Nicholas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κίναδος (Adler number kappa 1629), trans. Nick Nicholas, 23 Nov 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/1629

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