Ληματιᾷς
you are high-spirited
Translated by Nick Nicholas2 Apr 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ληματιᾷς· λῆμά ἐστι τὸ φρόνημα· ληματιᾷς οὖν, μέγα φρονεῖς λέγεται δὲ καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ ι ληματίας, ὁ μεγαλόφρων καὶ ἰσχυρός.
Betacode
*lhmatia=|s: lh=ma/ e)sti to\ fro/nhma: lhmatia=|s ou)=n, me/ga fronei=s le/getai de\ kai\ xwri\s tou= i lhmati/as, o( megalo/frwn kai\ i)sxuro/s.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. lambda 441. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Frogs 494 (web address 1); cf. lambda 446. The accepted reading uses the noun: "for you are a high-spirited man, and noble". The verb is a variant reading for the same passage ("for you think high spirited things, and are noble"), appearing in the scholia and in iota 239. The entire definition is taken from the scholia ad loc. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- λ441ΛῆμαwillWorth and courage. Spirit, profit. "For this child brings such will to light." And Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "he has a will which is not cowardly." That is, daring. And elsewhere: "wild will." That is, warlike…
- λ444Λημάτιαmini-resolutions, small resolutions[Meaning] purposes.
- λ446Ληματίαςhigh-spirited[Meaning] self-confident, noble.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 16 May 2020
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added link — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keywords — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas