Νωθής
sluggish, stupid, stubborn
Translated by Ronald Allen6 Oct 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νωθής· βραδύς, ἀκίνητος, ἄλογος. ἐστερημένος τοῦ θέειν.
Betacode
*nwqh/s: bradu/s, a)ki/nhtos, a)/logos. e)sterhme/nos tou= qe/ein.
Notes (2)
- The headword is a two-ending adjective in the masculine (and feminine) nominative singular; see LSJ s.v.
nwqh/s, -e/s , and cf. generally nu 533, nu 534, and nu 537. It occurs in, and is evidently extracted from, Homer, Iliad 11.558 (web address 1), where the poet compares the Trojan assault upon Aias to boys pummeling a stubborn donkey and only with difficulty driving it out of a cornfield. - 1The first gloss is a masculine adjective in the nominative singular; see generally LSJ s.v., and in the Homeric scholia (see primary note). The remaining two glosses are two-ending adjectives in the masculine (and feminine) nominative singular; LSJ s.vv. The headword is similarly glossed in Photius' Lexicon (nu307 Theodoridis), the Synagoge, Hesychius nu765, Lexica Segueriana 310.18, and Etymologicum Magnum 608.2. ↩
- 2As from
ne +qe/ein "run": essentially the same etymology as in Orion [Author, Myth], Etymologicum 110.14 (s.v.nwqei/s ) and Etymologicum Magnum 608.4; cf. Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 116.29. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- ν533Νωθέστεροςmore sluggish, rather sluggish[Meaning] more/rather slow.
- ν534Νωθείαςsluggishness, stupidity[Meaning] slowness.
- ν536Νωθρείαtorpor, sluggishness, sloth, indolenceAlso [sc. attested is the related adjective] nôthros ["torpid/sluggish/slothful/indolent"], [meaning] he who is weak/feeble. "Being by his nature more torpid/sluggish/slothful/indolent than his royal dignity [sc.…
- ν537Νωθρότηςsluggishness[Meaning] slowness.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 28 Nov 2020
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen