Κόραξ
crow, raven
Translated by David Whitehead1 Sep 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κόραξ· εἶδος ὀρνέου. καὶ ὁ ῥήτωρ, ὁ τῆς ῥητορικῆς εὑρετής, περὶ οὗ καὶ τὸ κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠὸν εἰρημένον. ἔστι δὲ καὶ εἶδος μηχανήματος.
Betacode
*ko/rac: ei)=dos o)rne/ou. kai\ o( r(h/twr, o( th=s r(htorikh=s eu(reth/s, peri\ ou(= kai\ to\ kakou= ko/rakos kako\n w)|o\n ei)rhme/non. e)/sti de\ kai\ ei)=dos mhxanh/matos.
Notes (3)
- 1cf. Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 114.10-11, and see generally e.g. S. Usher, Greek Oratory: tradition and originality (Oxford 1999) 2-4. ↩
- 2See kappa 171. ↩
- 3A species of military grappling-iron, deployed either as part of a machine or by hand. See e.g. Diodorus Siculus 17.44.4 (Alexander the Great's siege of Tyre). ↩
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- κ2068Κοράττεινto act the crow, to act like a crow[Meaning] to stay too long, and to persist. [The term comes] from crows flying around the doors and not going away.
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- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead