Ὄφλοι
having incurred a fine [at law]
Translated by Ronald Allen3 Jun 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning someone] being in debt.1
Also [sc. attested is]o)/floi ["may he incur"]:2 "may he not calumniate him3 to the Achaeans and incur an evil consequence."4
"What I needed to buy a coffin, that I come away [sc. from court] having incurred as a fine." In reference to old men experiencing a reversal in lawsuits.5
Also [sc. attested is]
"What I needed to buy a coffin, that I come away [sc. from court] having incurred as a fine." In reference to old men experiencing a reversal in lawsuits.5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄφλων· χρεωστῶν. καὶ Ὄφλοι· μὴ διαβάλοι αὐτὸν πρὸς τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς καὶ κακότητα ὄφλοι. οὗ μ' ἐχρῆν σορὸν πρίασθαι, τοῦτ' ὄφλων ἀπέρχομαι. ἐπὶ γερόντων ἐν δίκαις ἀναστρεφομένων.
Betacode
*)/oflwn: xrewstw=n. kai\ *)/ofloi: mh\ diaba/loi au)to\n pro\s tou\s *)axaiou\s kai\ kako/thta o)/floi. ou(= m' e)xrh=n soro\n pri/asqai, tou=t' o)/flwn a)pe/rxomai. e)pi\ gero/ntwn e)n di/kais a)nastrefome/nwn.
Notes (5)
- The headword
o)flwn [here in the SOL wrongly given aso)/floi , from later in the entry], possibly though not necessarily extracted from Aristophanes (see below), is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verbo)fliska/nw (I owe, am liable to pay, incur a fine); see generally LSJ s.v., and cf. other forms from this verb at omicron 1013, omicron 1015, omicron 1016, omicron 1018, omega 279, and pi 977. Cognate substantives are given at omicron 1014 and omicron 1017. - 1The gloss is present participle, same grammatical form, of the verb
xrewste/w , I am liable for a debt; see LSJ s.v.; Etymologicum Magnum 644.13-5 (Kallierges); and, generally, chi 463, chi 464, and omicron 999. Adler also cites the unedited lexicon of Codex Laurentianus 59.16. ↩ - 2In her critical apparatus Adler notes that mss AV transmit
*)oflos , otherwise unattested. ↩ - 3In her critical apparatus Adler notes that mss AG transmit
diaba/lloi , present optative active, instead ofdiaba/loi , aorist optative active. ↩ - 4Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests one of the usual suspects in these circumstances: Aelian.) ↩
- 5Aristophanes, Acharnians 691 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from7 entries
- ο1013Ὀφλεῖνto become liable, to oweMeaning to be defeated in a jurycourt [sc. in classical Athens].
- ο1014Ὄφλημαjudgement-debt, lawsuit-fine[Meaning a particular kind of] debt.
- ο1015Ὀφλῆσαιto have incurred a fine [at law][Meaning] to have become liable for a debt.
- ο1016Ὀφλήσεινto be about to incur a fine [at law][Meaning] to have been condemned. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "[sc. consider how you might dispute a judgment when] being about to incur a fine, with no witnesses present." A monetary fine used to be imposed on…
- ο1017Ὄφλησιςpenalty[Meaning an] obligation, debt.
- ο1018Ὀφλίσκουσιthey incur a fine [at law][o)fli/skousi] and [sc. also attested is] o)/flousi: [both meaning] they are liable for a debt. Also [sc. attested is] o)fliska/nw.
- ω279ὬφλησαI came to owe[Meaning] I fell into debt.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 2 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified and supplemented tr; augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen