Μοχθηρία
wickedness, depravity, nastiness
Translated by Ronald Allen9 Sep 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μοχθηρία· ἡ κακία. ὡς Λυκοῦργος ἐν τῷ κατὰ Λυκόφρονος· οὐ γὰρ ὅσιον τοὺς γεγραμμένους νόμους, δι' ὧν ἡ δημοκρατία σῴζεται, παραβαίνοντα, ἑτέρων δὲ μοχθηρῶν ἐξηγητὴν ἐθῶν καὶ νομοθέτην γενόμενον ἀτιμώρητον ἀφεῖναι.
Betacode
*moxqhri/a: h( kaki/a. w(s *lukou=rgos e)n tw=| kata\ *luko/fronos: ou) ga\r o(/sion tou\s gegramme/nous no/mous, di' w(=n h( dhmokrati/a sw/|zetai, parabai/nonta, e(te/rwn de\ moxqhrw=n e)chghth\n e)qw=n kai\ nomoqe/thn geno/menon a)timw/rhton a)fei=nai.
Notes (3)
- For the headword see already mu 1308; and for the the headword with this gloss cf. again under mu 1310. It is a feminine abstract noun in the nominative (and vocative) singular; cf. other cognates at mu 1307 and mu 1311. In the quotation which follows, the adjectival form,
moxqhro/s, -a, -on , appears in the genitive plural.
As Adler notes, Wentzel attributed this material to an early rhetorical lexicon used by the Suda's compilers (Adler, p. xvii; Wentzel, pp. 477-487). It is apparently the source of Bekker's Fifth Lexicon, the Lexeis Rhetorikai (Bekker, pp. 195-318). - 1So too Etymologicum Magnum 592.3. ↩
- 2Lycurgus (ca. 390-324 BCE; Develin, person no. 1832) was an Athenian politician; OCD(4) s.v. Lycurgus(3) and lambda 825. He initiated impeachment (
ei)saggeli/a : cf. epsiloniota 220 and epsiloniota 221) proceedings in the Assembly, and--together with another Athenian citizen, a certain Ariston--later prosecuted Lycophron (n. 3) on a charge of treason, manifested--the prosecution had to prove--in seduction. The trial probably took place in 333 BCE (Whitehead, p. 81). ↩ - 3Lycurgus fr. 63 Conomis. To the defense of Lycophron (Develin, person no. 1828) arose the renowned orator and politician Hyperides (389-322 BCE; Develin, person no. 1437; OCD(4) s.v., upsilon 294, and upsilon 295). The defendant, a wealthy Athenian horsebreeder, had for three years been stationed as hipparch on the island of Lemnos (northeast Aegean Sea; see generally lambda 448 and cross-references there) at the time of his indictment; cf. Hyperides, In Defense of Lycophron 16-17 (web address 1). The verdict in the case is unknown (Whitehead, pp. 82-3). ↩
References
A. Adler, ed., Suidae Lexicon, vol. I, Stuttgart: B.G. Teubner, 1971
G. Wentzel, Beiträge zur Geschichte der griechischen Lexikographen; Sitzungsberichte der königlich preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1895. Reprinted in K. Latte and H. Erbse, eds., Lexica Graeca Minora, Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1992, pp. 1-11
I. Bekker, ed., Anecdota Graeca, vol. I, Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1965
R. Develin, Athenian Officials 684-321 BC, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989
D. Whitehead, Hypereides: The Forensic Speeches, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000
G. Wentzel, Beiträge zur Geschichte der griechischen Lexikographen; Sitzungsberichte der königlich preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1895. Reprinted in K. Latte and H. Erbse, eds., Lexica Graeca Minora, Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1992, pp. 1-11
I. Bekker, ed., Anecdota Graeca, vol. I, Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1965
R. Develin, Athenian Officials 684-321 BC, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989
D. Whitehead, Hypereides: The Forensic Speeches, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000
External resources
- Web address 1 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.
- μ1308Μοχθηρίαdepravity, nastiness, wickedness[Meaning] the desire of [= for] silver/money; or the demand of [= for] silver/money. Aristophanes [writes]: "they soften their wickedness with a word." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "hide of a nasty ox". Meaning one…
- 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."
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