Ὀλιγωρήσεται
[if] it is belittled
Translated by David Whitehead12 Dec 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Meaning [if] it is neglected. Demosthenes [in the] Philippics [sc. uses the word].1 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".2 Concern [is] care.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀλιγωρήσεται· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀμελήσεται. Δημοσθένης Φιλιππικοῖς· ὀλιγωρεῖν γὰρ λέγεται τὸ ὀλίγην ὤραν ἔχειν. ἔστι δὲ τὸ μὲν ὀλίγην ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐδὲ ὀλίγην. ὡς ἐν τῷ, ἦ ὀλίγον οἱ παῖδα ἐοικότα γείνατο Τυδεύς. ὤρα δὲ ἡ φροντίς.
Betacode
*)oligwrh/setai: a)nti\ tou= a)melh/setai. *dhmosqe/nhs *filippikoi=s: o)ligwrei=n ga\r le/getai to\ o)li/ghn w)/ran e)/xein. e)/sti de\ to\ me\n o)li/ghn a)nti\ tou= ou)de\ o)li/ghn. w(s e)n tw=|, h)= o)li/gon oi( pai=da e)oiko/ta gei/nato *tudeu/s. w)/ra de\ h( fronti/s.
Notes (3)
- = Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
cf. generally omicron 164, omicron 166. - 1Demosthenes 1.17. There, and still in Harpok. and Photius, the verb is second person plural, future active:
o)ligwrh/sete : see web address 1. Here it, and the gloss with it, has become third person singular, passive (pronounced the same in Byzantine and modern Greek). ↩ - 2Homer, Iliad 5.800; cf. omicron 158. ↩
- 3cf. theta 225, omega 149, omega 150, omega 158. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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- typo translation — Ronald Allen
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- Revised — David Whitehead
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- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added cross-references — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics; link — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead