Κωτίλη
babbling, chattering, prattling
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝27 Jun 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] she who is beguiling with words.
Also [sc. attested is the masculine]kw/tilos , [meaning] a knave, or a flatterer, one cheating.
"But quenched were the chattering charms, and the twang with a song."1
And David has used chattering words when trying to deceive; for he says: "they were praising with their mouth and they were cursing in their heart".2
Also [sc. attested is the masculine]
"But quenched were the chattering charms, and the twang with a song."1
And David has used chattering words when trying to deceive; for he says: "they were praising with their mouth and they were cursing in their heart".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κωτίλη· ἡ λόγοις ἀπατῶσα, καὶ Κωτίλος, πανοῦργος, ἢ κόλαξ, ἀπατεών. ἐσβέσθη δὲ τὰ φίλτρα τὰ κωτίλα, χὠ μετ' ἀοιδᾶς ψαλμός. καὶ Δαβὶδ κωτίλοις κέχρηται λόγοις φενακίσαι πειρώμενος· φησὶ γάρ· τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν ηὐλόγουν καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν κατηρῶντο.
Betacode
*kwti/lh: h( lo/gois a)patw=sa, kai\ *kwti/los, panou=rgos, h)\ ko/lac, a)patew/n. e)sbe/sqh de\ ta\ fi/ltra ta\ kwti/la, xw) met' a)oida=s yalmo/s. kai\ *dabi\d kwti/lois ke/xrhtai lo/gois fenaki/sai peirw/menos: fhsi\ ga/r: tw=| sto/mati au)tw=n hu)lo/goun kai\ th=| kardi/a| au)tw=n kathrw=nto.
Notes (2)
- The headword is feminine, and glossed accordingly. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps a fragment of Anacreon, where it is applied to a swallow. (The glossing in other lexica fits better with that.)
See also kappa 2304. - 1Greek Anthology 7.221.3-4 (author unknown); cf. lambda 106. ↩
- 2A garbling of Theodoret (PG 80.1332a) on Psalm 61:5 LXX. Th. quotes the psalm first and then glosses it, with the plural participle
peirw/menoi (not the Suda'speirw/menos ) applying to the quotation itself. ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 18 Jan 2020
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes; augmented keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝