Κλητῆρες
summoners, witnesses to summons
Translated by Nick Nicholas2 Dec 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] witnesses.1
"Summoner" is the name for the person who calls everyone into court. The word also means a witness.2 Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "I am an islander summoner." That is, someone who libels people dwelling on islands, and brings them into court.3 Also: "and to a summoner who has escaped into chaff".4
"Summoner" is the name for the person who calls everyone into court. The word also means a witness.2 Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "I am an islander summoner." That is, someone who libels people dwelling on islands, and brings them into court.3 Also: "and to a summoner who has escaped into chaff".4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κλητῆρες· μάρτυρες. Κλητὴρ λέγεται ὁ καλῶν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον πάντας. σημαίνει δὲ ἡ λέξις καὶ τὸν μάρτυρα. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισι· κλητήρ εἰμι νησιωτικός. τουτέστιν ὁ τοὺς τὰς νήσους οἰκοῦντας συκοφαντῶν καὶ εἰς δικαστήριον ἄγων. καὶ αὖθις· κλητῆρί τ' εἰς ἄχυρον ἀποδεδρακότι.
Betacode
*klhth=res: ma/rtures. *klhth\r le/getai o( kalw=n ei)s to\ dikasth/rion pa/ntas. shmai/nei de\ h( le/cis kai\ to\n ma/rtura. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisi: klhth/r ei)mi nhsiwtiko/s. toute/stin o( tou\s ta\s nh/sous oi)kou=ntas sukofantw=n kai\ ei)s dikasth/rion a)/gwn. kai\ au)=qis: klhth=ri/ t' ei)s a)/xuron a)podedrako/ti.
Notes (4)
- 1Gloss routinely used for
klhth=res , from Timaeus (Platonic Lexicon s.v.lh/ceis ) and Hesychius onwards. ↩ - 2Properly (LSJ s.v.) "witness who gave evidence that the legal summons had been served". ↩
- 3The entire paragraph to this point is adapted from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 1422, which is the passage quoted (see web address 1). ↩
- 4Aristophanes, Wasps 1310, continuing a pun from Wasps 189, in which Philocleon is called "just like the foal of a... summoner" (instead of a donkey), and identifies himself as "Son of Apodrasippides" (Son Of Escaped Horse). See web address 2. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
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- κ1794Κλητῆραsummoner, witness to summons"I am summoning you, whoever you are, before the market inspectors for damages to merchandise; I have a witness to this summons, Chairephon right here."
- κ1796Κλητῆρεςsummons-witnessesand to be a summons-witness. Summons-witnesses [are] the men through whom those involved in litigation with anybody are summoned to the cases; for it was necessary that certain people appear as witnesses of the summons.…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Dec 2014
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- Translated — Nick Nicholas