Μακρούς
long
Translated by Nick Nicholas12 Apr 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"I will not listen to you speaking long speeches." He is not saying I will not let slip the long [ones], but I will listen to those spoken briefly; rather, that all speeches are created long when judged relative to actions, if they are enacted.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μακρούς· σοῦ δ' ἐγὼ λόγους λέγοντος οὐκ ἀκούσομαι μακρούς. οὐ λέγει, ὅτι τοὺς μακροὺς οὐ προήσομαι, ἀκούσομαι δὲ τοὺς διὰ συντομίας λεγομένους· ἀλλ' ὅτι πάντες λόγοι μακροὶ πεφύκασι κρινόμενοι πρὸς πρᾶξιν, εἰ πέπρακται.
Betacode
*makrou/s: sou= d' e)gw\ lo/gous le/gontos ou)k a)kou/somai makrou/s. ou) le/gei, o(/ti tou\s makrou\s ou) proh/somai, a)kou/somai de\ tou\s dia\ suntomi/as legome/nous: a)ll' o(/ti pa/ntes lo/goi makroi\ pefu/kasi krino/menoi pro\s pra=cin, ei) pe/praktai.
Notes (1)
- The headword, masculine accusative plural of this adjective, is extracted from the quotation.
- 1Aristophanes, Acharnians 303 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. (NB: both there and again here, the transmitted
proh/somai "let slip" in the comment needs to be emended toprosh/somai "accept".) Less awkwardly: as regards Dicaeopolis consorting with the Laconians, any speeches he offers to defend himself are too long from the outset, as far as the chorus of Acharnians is concerned. The word order of the passage emphasises "long", and is open to the interpretation "I will not hear the long speeches (but I might hear the short)", as opposed to "I will not hear the all too long speeches". ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Jun 2020
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- another note and keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaks to tr; expanded note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas