Ὡρακιάσας Κρατῖνος
Kratinos having swooned; Cratinus having swooned
Translated by David Whitehead4 Sep 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Meaning having fainted; Cratinus is being slandered as a drunkard; or having turned pale; or having been made dizzy by a fainting-fit, with pallor resulting; people fainting [are] like this, for the first thing which changes in them is their colour. Aristophanes [writes]: "for he could not bear to see a jar full of wine smashed". They say w(rakia/sai ["to swoon"] [when they mean] to turn pale [w)xria/sai ] through fear, with the heart under stress; this happens to many; [the term comes] from maltreating [ai)ki/zesqai ] the beauty [w(/ra ], that is the shape.
Or I swoon, I am pale, I am concerned; forw(/ra [is] concern.1 Hesiod [writes]: "for scant care has he with quarrels".2 [Meaning] someone is released from concern.
For the verb [is]w)raki/zw .
Or I swoon, I am pale, I am concerned; for
For the verb [is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὡρακιάσας Κρατῖνος· ἀντὶ τοῦ λειποψυχήσας· εἰς οἰνοφλυγίαν δὲ ὁ Κρατῖνος διαβάλλεται. ἢ ὠχριάσας· ἢ ὑπὸ ἐκλύσεως σκοτωθείς, ᾧ ἕπεται τὸ ὠχριᾶν· τοιοῦτοι δὲ οἱ λειποψυχοῦντες· τρέπεται γὰρ αὐτῶν πρῶτον ἡ χροιά. Ἀριστοφάνης· οὐ γὰρ ἐξηνέσχετ' ἰδὼν πίθον καταγνύμενον οἴνου πλέων. Ὡρακιάσαι λέγουσι τὸ ὑπὸ φόβου ὠχριάσαι, θλιβομένης τῆς καρδίας· τοῦτο δὲ πολλοῖς γίνεται· παρὰ τὸ τὴν ὥραν αἰκίζεσθαι, ὅ ἐστι τὴν μορφήν. ἢ ὠρακιῶ, ὠχριῶ, φροντίζω· ὥρα γὰρ ἡ φροντίς· Ἡσίοδος· ὤρη γάρ τ' ὀλίγη πέλεται νεικέων. ἐκ δὲ φροντίδος ἐκλύεταί τις. Ὠρακίζω γὰρ τὸ ῥῆμα.
Betacode
*(wrakia/sas *krati=nos: a)nti\ tou= leipoyuxh/sas: ei)s oi)noflugi/an de\ o( *krati=nos diaba/lletai. h)\ w)xria/sas: h)\ u(po\ e)klu/sews skotwqei/s, w(=| e(/petai to\ w)xria=n: toiou=toi de\ oi( leipoyuxou=ntes: tre/petai ga\r au)tw=n prw=ton h( xroia/. *)aristofa/nhs: ou) ga\r e)chne/sxet' i)dw\n pi/qon katagnu/menon oi)/nou ple/wn. *(wrakia/sai le/gousi to\ u(po\ fo/bou w)xria/sai, qlibome/nhs th=s kardi/as: tou=to de\ polloi=s gi/netai: para\ to\ th\n w(/ran ai)ki/zesqai, o(/ e)sti th\n morfh/n. h)\ w)rakiw=, w)xriw=, fronti/zw: w(/ra ga\r h( fronti/s: *(hsi/odos: w)/rh ga/r t' o)li/gh pe/letai neike/wn. e)k de\ fronti/dos e)klu/etai/ tis. *)wraki/zw ga\r to\ r(h=ma.
Notes (2)
- See already omega 157, which also relates to Cratinus (kappa 2344). The present entry also stems from the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 702 and (quoted here) 703. An attempt is made to establish an etymological relationship between
w(rakia/w andw)xria/w (see LSJ at web address 1).
cf. omicron 165, omega 149, omega 150. - 1More properly
w)/ra : see LSJ s.v.w)/ra (A). ↩ - 2Hesiod, Works and Days 30. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ο165Ὀλιγωρήσεται[if] it is belittledMeaning [if] it is neglected. Demosthenes [in the] Philippics [sc. uses the word]. For to belittle means to have little concern. And little stands for not even a little. As in "Tydeus sired a son little like himself".…
- ω150Ὤραcare, heed[Meaning] concern. Aelian [writes]: "for a man who breaks oaths and has no concern for divine matters, who lives in deceit and falsehood and never says anything healthful and from there gains unspeakable wealth ..."
- ω157Ὡρακιάσαςhaving swooned[Meaning he] having fainted, having burned out; or having turned pale; as Aristophanes in the Peace.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Sep 2023
- tweaked and expanded notes, added a link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified n.2; typo — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead