Οὕτω πολυφόρῳ συγκέκραμαι δαίμονι
I am mixed with so potent a daemon
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Jul 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Meaning one who brings me many evils at one time; or a wily one. Aristophanes [sc. writes this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὕτω πολυφόρῳ συγκέκραμαι δαίμονι· ἀντὶ τοῦ πολλά μοι κακὰ ὑφ' ἕνα καιρὸν φέροντι· ἢ ποικίλῳ. Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*ou(/tw polufo/rw| sugke/kramai dai/moni: a)nti\ tou= polla/ moi kaka\ u(f' e(/na kairo\n fe/ronti: h)\ poiki/lw|. *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 853 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. pi 2015.
The speaker, a "sycophant" (informer/blackmailer; cf. generally sigma 1330), is referring to Wealth, whose blindness is denying him his source of income.
For the adjectivepolufo/ros in the transferred sense required here (drawn from the need to dilute wine with water) see LSJ s.v. II.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 2 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth