Μωροὶ
fools
Translated by Nick Nicholas6 Aug 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Fools] and stupid and gawping. Mammakythos: Melitides, Boutalion, Koroibos.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μωροὶ καὶ ἀβέλτεροι καὶ κεχηνότες Μαμμάκυθος· Μελιτίδης, Βουταλίων, Κόροιβος.
Betacode
*mwroi\ kai\ a)be/lteroi kai\ kexhno/tes *mamma/kuqos: *meliti/dhs, *boutali/wn, *ko/roibos.
Notes (1)
- 1An apparent distortion of Aristophanes, Frogs 989-991 (web address 1): "formerly the stupid and gawping dolts [Mammakythos] would sit like blockheads [Melitides]." Boutalion and Koroibos are mentioned, along with Mammakythos and Melitides, as proverbial idiots in the scholia ad loc. See also beta 468, kappa 2113, mu 523. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- β468ΒουταλίωνBoutalion[Boutalion] and Koroibos and Melitides were calumniated for stupidity. Aristophanes [writes]: "before this the stupidest men used to sit gaping -- dolts, half-wits."
- μ121ΜαμμάκυθοςdoltA proper name. Aristophanes [writes]: "before this the stupidest men -- dolts, half-wits -- used to sit gaping".
- μ1341Μωρόςdull, stupid[Meaning] one who is mindless.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Sep 2020
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas