Κρουνοχυτρολήραιον εἶ
you are a fountain-pitcher-prattler
Translated by William Hutton21 Jun 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Meaning you are a babbler; for 'fountain' [sc. refers to] that which flows copiously and indiscriminately and all at once, 'prattler' refers to that which is useless. So he composed [sc. the word] from 'fountain' and 'prattle' and 'pitcher', since it is senseless, so that the entirety connotes that which is senseless and excessively wordy.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κρουνοχυτρολήραιον εἶ· ἀντὶ τοῦ φλύαρος εἶ· κρουνὸς γὰρ τὸ χύδην καὶ ἀκρίτως καὶ ἀθρόως ῥέον, λῆρον δὲ τὸ μάταιον. συνέθηκεν οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ κρουνοῦ καὶ τοῦ ληρεῖν καὶ χύτρας, ἀναισθήτου οὔσης· ἵνα τὸ ὅλον δηλώσῃ τὸν ἀναίσθητον καὶ περισσολόγον.
Betacode
*krounoxutrolh/raion ei)=: a)nti\ tou= flu/aros ei)=: krouno\s ga\r to\ xu/dhn kai\ a)kri/tws kai\ a)qro/ws r(e/on, lh=ron de\ to\ ma/taion. sune/qhken ou)=n a)po\ tou= krounou= kai\ tou= lhrei=n kai\ xu/tras, a)naisqh/tou ou)/shs: i(/na to\ o(/lon dhlw/sh| to\n a)nai/sqhton kai\ perissolo/gon.
Notes
- The headword phrase is derived from Aristophanes Knights 89 (Web address 1), with comments from the scholia.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 18 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton