Κλῴζεται
is hooted at
Translated by Catharine Roth4 Dec 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"[He] is hooted at and hissed at; and sometimes [he] is also pelted with stones."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κλῴζεται· κλῴζεται καὶ συρίττεται· ἔστι δὲ ὅπη καὶ λίθοις βάλλεται.
Betacode
*klw/|zetai: klw/|zetai kai\ suri/ttetai: e)/sti de\ o(/ph kai\ li/qois ba/lletai.
Notes
- Synesius, Egyptians or On Providence 1.13 (PG 66.1244a); cf. "all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
*klw/zein (no iota subscript) is properly the sound made by jackdaws; figuratively it is a noise made to indicate disapproval (LSJ s.v.).*suri/zein , Atticsuri/ttein , is properly to play the syrinx (sigma 1664); figuratively it is used of hissing an actor (LSJ s.v.).
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Revision history3 revisions · last 1 May 2016
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth