Νουβυστικόν
clever, intelligence-stuffed, shrewd
Translated by David Whitehead14 Oct 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] filled with intelligence. "A woman, he said, is an intelligence-stuffed thing".1 Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] noubustikw=s ["cleverly/shrewdly"], [meaning] sagaciously.2
[Meaning something] (?)expert. And better the [adjective]noubustiko/n and its adverb (?)unified [sc. in one entry]; it indicates a filling with intelligence.3
[Meaning something] (?)expert. And better the [adjective]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νουβυστικόν· νοῦ πεπληρωμένον. γυναῖκα δ' εἶναι πρᾶγμ' ἔφη νουβυστικόν. καὶ Νουβυστικῶς, συνετῶς. τετριμμένον. καὶ κάλλιον ὑφ' ἓν τὸ νουβυστικὸν καὶ τὸ αὐτοῦ ἐπίρρημα· δηλοῖ δὲ νοῦ πλήρωσιν.
Betacode
*noubustiko/n: nou= peplhrwme/non. gunai=ka d' ei)=nai pra=gm' e)/fh noubustiko/n. kai\ *noubustikw=s, sunetw=s. tetrimme/non. kai\ ka/llion u(f' e(\n to\ noubustiko\n kai\ to\ au)tou= e)pi/rrhma: dhloi= de\ nou= plh/rwsin.
Notes (3)
- 1Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 441, with scholion. ↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1294, where this adverb occurs; cf. iota 455, kappa 1059 (and xi 46). ↩
- 3This (odd) extra material occurs only in the margin of ms M. [The on-line text here includes an error: read
dhladh\ de/ , notdhloi= de/ .] ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 24 Nov 2020
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- augmented n.3 — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead