Μυριάμφορον
ten-thousand-amphora; with a ten-thousand-amphora capacity
Translated by Ronald Allen13 Sep 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] worth ten thousand amphoras. Aristophanes [writes]: "where might I lay hold of a ten-thousand-amphora word, with which to greet you? For I had nothing at home."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μυριάμφορον· μυρίων ἀμφορέων ἄξιον. Ἀριστοφάνης· πόθεν ἀναλάβοιμι ῥῆμα μυριάμφορον, ὅτῳ προσείπω σ'; οὐ γὰρ εἶχον οἴκοθεν.
Betacode
*muria/mforon: muri/wn a)mfore/wn a)/cion. *)aristofa/nhs: po/qen a)nala/boimi r(h=ma muria/mforon, o(/tw| prosei/pw s'; ou) ga\r ei)=xon oi)/koqen.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the neuter accusative (and nominative and vocative) singular form of the specially-made-up two-ending adjective
muria/mforos, -on ; see generally LSJ s.v.
Like other compounds with myrios (and indeed myrios itself), the sense is not so much that of a literal, numerical 10,000 as of an inconceivably large number; cf. mu 1434. - 1An approximation of Aristophanes, Peace 521-2 (web address 1), with scholion. Trygaeus expresses his wonderment at the appearance of Peace, in the form of a statue, with attendants Holiday and Cornucopia. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen