Μοχθηρία
depravity, nastiness, wickedness
Translated by Ronald Allen7 Jul 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the desire of [= for] silver/money; or the demand of [= for] silver/money. Aristophanes [writes]: "they soften their wickedness with a word."1 Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "hide of a nasty ox". Meaning one withered and emaciated and foul and leathered, or deathly, or feeble. Aristophanes [writes]: "[you] who used to undercut and sell the hide of a nasty ox."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μοχθηρία· ἡ τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἐπιθυμία· ἢ ἡ αἴτησις τοῦ ἀργυρίου. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὀνόματι περιπέττουσι τὴν μοχθηρίαν. καί, μοχθηροῦ βοὸς δέρμα. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἰσχνοῦ καὶ λεπτοῦ καὶ κακοῦ καὶ λεπτοβύρσου, ἢ θανασίμου, ἢ ἀσθενοῦς. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὅστις ὑποτεμὼν ἐπώλεις δέρμα μοχθηροῦ βοός.
Betacode
*moxqhri/a: h( tou= a)rguri/ou e)piqumi/a: h)\ h( ai)/thsis tou= a)rguri/ou. *)aristofa/nhs: o)no/mati peripe/ttousi th\n moxqhri/an. kai/, moxqhrou= boo\s de/rma. a)nti\ tou= i)sxnou= kai\ leptou= kai\ kakou= kai\ leptobu/rsou, h)\ qanasi/mou, h)\ a)sqenou=s. *)aristofa/nhs: o(/stis u(potemw\n e)pw/leis de/rma moxqhrou= boo/s.
Notes (2)
- For this headword, a feminine abstract noun in the nominative (and vocative) singular, see also mu 1309 (and generally LSJ s.v.). Of the quotations given, the first illustrates its accusative case, the second the genitive case of the cognate adjective (for which see also mu 1310).
- 1Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 159 (web address 1), with scholion: the sarcastic Cario impugns the integrity of boy lovers whom Chremylus contends do not ask, out of decency, for monetary remuneration. Again at pi 1245. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Knights 316 (web address 2), with scholion: the sausage-seller accuses Paphlagon (= Kleon: kappa 1731) of having sold hides that were sliced from ox carcasses, rather than pulled, so as to retain more fat and appear thicker, as if from a younger and healthier animal. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- μ1307Μοχθεῖis weary[Meaning he/she/it] is in distress. "The Celts, 'having been much wearied' by the route through the difficult terrain, [...]." And [sc. the form] moxqi/zw is also said.
- μ1309Μοχθηρίαwickedness, depravity, nastiness[Meaning] badness. As Lycurgus in the [speech] Against Lycophron [writes] : "for [it is] unholy to let go unpunished a man who is transgressing the written laws, through which the democracy is preserved, and who was a…
- μ1310Μοχθηρόςwicked, depraved, nasty, wretchedAlso [sc. attested is] mo/xqhros with proparoxytone accent.. [Meaning] painful, or toilsome. In the orators a bad [man] is understood [sc. by this word]. Also moxqhri/a ["wickedness"] is applied to badness. Thus…
- μ1311Μόχθοςhardship, toil[Meaning] trouble. The Pisidian [writes]: "he was having no hardship in fording the Euphrates."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 20 Sep 2020
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen