Κατεάγη
was broken
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Aug 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Also [sc. attested is] kateago/ta ["having been broken"], [meaning they] having been shattered.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κατεάγη. καὶ Κατεαγότα, κεκλασμένα.
Betacode
*katea/gh. kai\ *kateago/ta, keklasme/na.
Notes (1)
- The primary headword (unglossed) is aorist passive, third person singular, of
kata/gnumi . It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Aristophanes, Wasps 1428, though there are numerous other possibilities. - 1Perfect participle (active form with passive sense) of the same verb (cf. kappa 903), neuter nominative/accusative plural (rather than masculine accusative singular, as the glossing shows). Same or similar glossing in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa406 Theodoridis. Again, it must be quoted from somewhere: perhaps directly from a fragment of Damascius which the Suda quotes several times (kappa 903, omega 258, tau 100), but that passage itself surely derives from a boxing metaphor used by Plato (Gorgias 515E and 524C, Protagoras 342B). ↩
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- κ903Κατεαγότωνbroken"This eagerness, you see, for some of those who are broken in the ears and at the same time corrupted in the mind, turned [the secrets of philosophy] to comedy and great laughter".
- ω258Ὦτα κατεαγόταbroken ears"For already, for some of those who are broken in the ears and corrupted in the mind, [this desire] turned the ineffable secrets of philosophy to comedy and [made them] highly laughable." Damascius says [this], because…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Feb 2013
- corrected my errors — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked notes — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth