Μαλθακώτερον
softer
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝14 Jun 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] toward the sweeter [side] of life, and [the one] in a good state. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "but to turn always toward the softer is [the mark] of a clever man and a natural Theramenes".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μαλθακώτερον· πρὸς τὸ ἡδύτερον τοῦ βίου, καὶ εὖ ἔχον. Ἀριστοφάνης Βατράχοις· τὸ δὲ μεταστρέφεσθ' ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ μαλθακώτερον, δεξιοῦ πρὸς ἀνδρός ἐστι καὶ φύσει Θηραμένους.
Betacode
*malqakw/teron: pro\s to\ h(du/teron tou= bi/ou, kai\ eu)= e)/xon. *)aristofa/nhs *batra/xois: to\ de\ metastre/fesq' a)ei\ pro\s to\ malqakw/teron, deciou= pro\s a)ndro/s e)sti kai\ fu/sei *qhrame/nous.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Frogs 538-40 (here slightly misquoted, see web address 1), with scholion.
cf. mu 107, mu 109, mu 110, mu 111; and for Theramenes theta 342, kappa 1909.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- μ107Μαλθακόνgentle, soft, feeble, weak, luxuriant[Meaning] dissolute, soft. "But he took himself out of life by the weakness of his wisdom." And [there is] a proverb: "[sc. they are] tender from warm baths, delicate from soft beds;" in reference to those who waste…
- μ110Μάλθηmalthe[Meaning] softened wax.
- μ111Μάλθωνsoft"The effeminate and soft tyrant". Meaning weak.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Jul 2020
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; supplied notes and more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝