Μαθών
having learned
Translated by Catharine Roth9 May 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he] having seen.1 "Having learned [this], the Celt laughed and mocked, as if he were a man about to do combat with a boy."2
And elsewhere: "as [he/she] learned that he also was standing up".3 Meaning [he/she] saw [this].
And Aristophanes [writes]: "for one might learn something wise even from his enemies."4
And elsewhere: "as [he/she] learned that he also was standing up".3 Meaning [he/she] saw [this].
And Aristophanes [writes]: "for one might learn something wise even from his enemies."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μαθών· ἰδών. ὁ δὲ Κελτὸς μαθὼν ἐγέλασε καὶ κατέσκωπτεν, ὡς ἀνὴρ παιδὶ μέλλων διαγωνιεῖσθαι. καὶ αὖθις· ὡς ἔμαθε κἀκεῖνον ἀνιστάμενον. ἀντὶ τοῦ εἶδε. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· μάθοι γὰρ ἄν τις κἀπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν σοφόν.
Betacode
*maqw/n: i)dw/n. o( de\ *kelto\s maqw\n e)ge/lase kai\ kate/skwpten, w(s a)nh\r paidi\ me/llwn diagwniei=sqai. kai\ au)=qis: w(s e)/maqe ka)kei=non a)nista/menon. a)nti\ tou= ei)=de. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: ma/qoi ga\r a)/n tis ka)po\ tw=n e)xqrw=n sofo/n.
Notes (4)
- 1The headword, presumably extracted from the first quotation given, is aorist participle of
manqa/nw , masculine nominative singular. ↩ - 2Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler flags up kappa 1307 while asserting that the present material is not from John of Antioch. Perhaps more exactly, it does not seem to be part of his fr.49 FHG, now Roberto.) ↩
- 3Callimachus, Hecale fr. 257 Pfeiffer. ↩
- 4A possible version -- for others see Dunbar's edition ad loc. -- of Aristophanes, Birds 382, where this gnomic statement occurs (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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