Λύματα
filths, excrements, off-scourings
Translated by Nick Nicholas8 Apr 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λύματα· καθάρματα. αἱ τῆς γαστρὸς εἰς ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκκρίσεις. καὶ παρὰ τὸν κοινὸν τῶν ἀνθρώπων νόμον δὲ πρέσβεις ἠτίμασαν τὴν τήβενον λύμασιν ἀνθρωπείοις μολύναντες.
Betacode
*lu/mata: kaqa/rmata. ai( th=s gastro\s ei)s a)fedrw=na e)kkri/seis. kai\ para\ to\n koino\n tw=n a)nqrw/pwn no/mon de\ pre/sbeis h)ti/masan th\n th/benon lu/masin a)nqrwpei/ois molu/nantes.
Notes (2)
- Same neuter plural headword as lambda 833, but here in a commoner sense; see generally LSJ s.v.
lu/ma (A). - 1Already defined as
kaqa/rmata in Erotian (and asperikaqa/rmata in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon); and the full definition occurs elsewhere (see the references at Photius lambda465 Theodoridis). ↩ - 2Also quoted at tau 464, which relates to the insult of Postumius at Tarentum (Taras; a city in southern Italy, modern-day Taranto; cf. tau 112 and tau 113): see discussion there. The quotation is distorted here, since Postumius was the ambassador being insulted. This appears to be an expansion of Constantine Porphyrogenitus, On Legations p. 6 de Boor: "when Lucius Postumius and Gaius Claudius were consuls, the Romans decided to make war against the Tarantines, who were Greek colonists, but dwelled in the edge of Italy, for they insulted their ambassadors in unseemly words and deeds, despite the common law of humanity, and the toga of Postumius, leader of the navy, but ..." Porphyrogenitus in turn cites "John's chronicle history", but no comparable passage is known. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 7 Jul 2018
- expanded n.2, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- my typo — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas