Λαχών
having obtained
Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝11 Jan 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] having received one's portion/share.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "before having received [your assigned share] you gobble down what belongs to the public".2 That is, before having [a share] assigned by lot, before being voted [a share],3 in advance of a distribution served, you grab. The metaphor [comes] from people at dinners who grab before being served.
Aristophanes [writes]: "before having received [your assigned share] you gobble down what belongs to the public".2 That is, before having [a share] assigned by lot, before being voted [a share],3 in advance of a distribution served, you grab. The metaphor [comes] from people at dinners who grab before being served.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λαχών· κληρωσάμενος. Ἀριστοφάνης· πρὶν λαχεῖν τὰ κοινὰ κατεσθίεις. τουτέστι πρὶν κληρωθῆναι, πρὶν χειροτονηθῆναι, πρὸ διανομῆς ἁρπάζεις. ἡ μεταφορὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις ἁρπαζόντων πρὸ διανομῆς.
Betacode
*laxw/n: klhrwsa/menos. *)aristofa/nhs: pri\n laxei=n ta\ koina\ katesqi/eis. toute/sti pri\n klhrwqh=nai, pri\n xeirotonhqh=nai, pro\ dianomh=s a(rpa/zeis. h( metafora\ a)po\ tw=n e)n toi=s dei/pnois a(rpazo/ntwn pro\ dianomh=s.
Notes (3)
- See also lambda 167, lambda 170.
- 1From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.40, where the headword (aorist active participle of
lagxa/nw , masculine nominative singular) occurs. ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Knights 258, with comment from the scholia there. Here the demagogue Kleon (see kappa 1731) is being attacked verbally and physically by the chorus, who charge him with embezzlement. ↩
- 2The scholiast carelessly equates here two different procedures in C5-BCE democratic Athens: (random) sortition and (deliberate) voting. The first seems alien to us but had a high place in the Athenian democratic hierarchy of political values; cf. kappa 1785, kappa 1786. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- ει119Εἴληχενhas obtained by lot[Meaning he/she/it] obtained by lot, has taken.
- λ167Λαχεῖν δίκηνto get a court-hearing, to get a trial[Meaning] to be involved in a lawsuit.
- λ238Λελάχωσιthey would put [someone] in possession of[Meaning] they would bury [him].
- λ243Λέλογχενhas obtained by lot[Meaning he/she/it] hit upon, benefited from. Also [sc. attested is] lelogxw/s ["having obtained by lot"], [meaning] having been allocated.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- tweaks to translation; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝