Κόμμα
stamp, impression, minting
Translated by Ronald Allen18 Feb 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "but he seems to be [sc. one] of the bad stamp."1 From a metaphor of coins,2 struck off out of whole gold. Meaning, to assert [it is] of a paltry content. A bad stamp, [this is] silver that has been falsely struck.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κόμμα· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἔοικε δ' εἶναι τοῦ πονηροῦ κόμματος. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν νομισμάτων, ἐξ ὅλου χρυσίου ἀποκεκομμένου. ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰπεῖν, φαύλου συστήματος. πονηρὸν κόμμα, ὁ παρακεκομμένος ἄργυρος.
Betacode
*ko/mma: *)aristofa/nhs: e)/oike d' ei)=nai tou= ponhrou= ko/mmatos. a)po\ metafora=s tw=n nomisma/twn, e)c o(/lou xrusi/ou a)pokekomme/nou. a)nti\ tou= ei)pei=n, fau/lou susth/matos. ponhro\n ko/mma, o( parakekomme/nos a)/rguros.
Notes (3)
- The headword, evidently generated by the following quotation, where it appears in the genitive singular, is a neuter noun in the nominative/accusative singular; see LSJ s.v. (and kappa 1985).
- 1Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 982 (web address 1), with scholia: Just Man makes this on-the-spot assessment of the Informer's character; cf. pi 2040 (end). ↩
- 2cf. pi 358 gloss. ↩
- 3cf. pi 358 lemma and upsilon 636 (end). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Oct 2019
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen