Μάσθλης
leather
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Jun 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In a special sense [this is] a thong which has been softened and relaxed. So the shifty and uncontrolled man who knows nothing certain or fixed is a masthles there. Or one who is sinewy and needs whipping.1 From a metaphor of a tanned leather thong. Or [meaning] as vigorous as a leather thong.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μάσθλης· ἰδίως ὁ μεμαλαγμένος λῶρος καὶ ἔκλυτος. μάσθλης οὖν ἐνταῦθα ὁ πολυγνώμων καὶ ἔκλυτος καὶ μηδὲν βέβαιον μηδὲ σταθερὸν γινώσκων. ἢ ὁ ἱμαντώδης καὶ μαστιγίας. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τοῦ μεμαλαγμένου ἱμάντος. ἢ οὕτως εὔτονος, ὡς ἱμάς.
Betacode
*ma/sqlhs: i)di/ws o( memalagme/nos lw=ros kai\ e)/klutos. ma/sqlhs ou)=n e)ntau=qa o( polugnw/mwn kai\ e)/klutos kai\ mhde\n be/baion mhde\ staqero\n ginw/skwn. h)\ o( i(mantw/dhs kai\ mastigi/as. a)po\ metafora=s tou= memalagme/nou i(ma/ntos. h)\ ou(/tws eu)/tonos, w(s i(ma/s.
Notes (1)
Linked from2 entries
- γ306Γλοιόςsticky, sticky residueIt means the same as ma/sqlhs ["slippery"]. The metaphor is from the oil which sticks in the baths, which makes those who contact it slip. So this man is praying to become of such a character that he may be able as if…
- μ249Μάσθλης ἄνθρωποςsupple fellow; supple man[Meaning] one who is softened and rubbed down by wickednesses. It means the same as gloios.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Jul 2020
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- tweaked tr — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth