Οὐδὲ τἀρχαῖον ποιεῖ
nor does it even make the capital
Translated by David Whitehead25 May 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐδὲ τἀρχαῖον ποιεῖ.
Betacode
*ou)de\ ta)rxai=on poiei=.
Notes
- Comica adespota fr. 723 Kock, but not in K.-A. Out of context as it is, it could have been construed as meaning 'nor does he do the old-fashioned thing'. However, in classical writers
a)rxai=on is often loan-capital (see alpha 4072), distinguished explicitly or implicitly from any interest it earns (tau 739, tau 740); and that is how ancient readers understood the phrase here. See Photius, Lexicon omicron622 Theodoridis (taken to come from Pausanias the Atticist): "in reference to things not bringing an advantage".
Neighbouring entries
ο815Οὐδ' ἔργα μείω χειρὸς ἀρκέσας ἐμῆςhaving performed deeds not less than my own handο816Οὐδὲ τὰ τρία Στησιχόρου γινώσκειςyou do not even know the three things of Stesichorusο817Οὐδὲ τἀρχαῖον ποιεῖnor does it even make the capitalο818υνκνοων—Οὐδὲ χαίρω βατίσιν οὐδ' ἐγχέλυσιν ἀλλ' ἥδιον ἂν δικίδιον σμικρὸν φάγοιμ' ἂν ἐν λοπάδι πεπνιγμένονnor do I take pleasure in skates and eels but I would rather eat a tiny little lawsuit baked in a casseroleο819Οὔδειon the threshold
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