Λυσσάνιε

o good sir

Translated by David Whitehead6 Jun 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 32 words
[Meaning] o mad one.1
But also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'rabid dog': "avoid the asp, the toad, the serpent and Laodikeans; also a rabid dog and -- I repeat -- Laodikeans."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λυσσάνιε· μαινόμενε. καὶ κύνα δὲ λυσσητήν· ἀσπίδα, φρῦνον, ὄφιν καὶ Λαδικέας περίφευγε, καὶ κύνα λυσσητὴν καὶ πάλιν Λαδικέας.

Betacode
*lussa/nie: maino/mene. kai\ ku/na de\ lusshth/n: a)spi/da, fru=non, o)/fin kai\ *ladike/as peri/feuge, kai\ ku/na lusshth\n kai\ pa/lin *ladike/as.

Notes (2)

  1. 1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1171, where the vocative lissa/nie (Laconian dialect for a)gaqe/) occurs -- but the scholiast and the lexicographer take it for lussa/nie, "o rabid one". ↩
  2. 2Synesius Letter 127; see already lambda 54 (part), and again phi 768. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 13 Nov 2023
  1. typo — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. expanded note — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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