Κρητίζειν
to Cretanise, to play the Cretan, to speak like a Cretan
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2001Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κρητίζειν· τὸ ψεύδεσθαι. Ἰδομενεὺς γὰρ ἐπιτραπεὶς τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν λαφύρων χαλκὸν διανεῖμαι τὸν ἄριστον αὑτῷ ἐξείλετο. καὶ ἑτέρα παροιμία· Κρητίζειν πρὸς Κρῆτας. ἐπειδὴ ψεῦσται καὶ ἀπατεῶνές εἰσι.
Betacode
*krhti/zein: to\ yeu/desqai. *)idomeneu\s ga\r e)pitrapei\s to\n a)po\ tw=n lafu/rwn xalko\n dianei=mai to\n a)/riston au(tw=| e)cei/leto. kai\ e(te/ra paroimi/a: *krhti/zein pro\s *krh=tas. e)peidh\ yeu=stai kai\ a)patew=ne/s ei)si.
Notes (3)
- 1See link to LSJ at web address 1. ↩
- 2On Idomeneus, leader of the Cretan forces in the Trojan War, see generally OCD(4) s.v. The present material is also in Photius, Lexicon kappa1087 Theodoridis, and more fully in Zenobius 4.62; see also next note. ↩
- 3cf. Apostolius 14.98 and other paroemiographers. See further at pi 2745. The claim that all Cretans are liars is attributed to the Cretan Epimenides (fr. 1 Diehls-Kranz) by Clement of Alexandria, cf. Epistle to Titus 1.12 (web address 2). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history9 revisions · last 3 Feb 2020
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth