Κακοπινέστατον
filthiest, most filthy, very filthy
Translated by Jennifer Benedict9 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The [term] "filthy" [pi/non ] is applied sometimes to the appearance, sometimes to character. In the latter case it therefore signified someone malicious. Meaning a piece of flattery, a nuisance, filthiest, foul. For "filthy" (pinw=des ) [means] disingenuous in opinion, and not frank,1 sometimes thinking one thing and sometimes another.2 "He leads me by force as if he were driving a strong man; he does not know that he is taking a corpse or a wisp of smoke, a mere ghost. For surely he would not have captured me if I were strong -- nor even in the state I am in now, except by a trick. Now I have been tricked, wretch that I am. What should I do?"3