Οὐ χεῖρον
not worse
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Aug 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning better. "Do you want me to tell the matter to the audience?" -- "Not worse."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐ χεῖρον· ἀντὶ τοῦ βέλτιον. βούλει τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῖς θεαταῖσι φράσω; οὐ χεῖρον.
Betacode
*ou) xei=ron: a)nti\ tou= be/ltion. bou/lei to\ pra=gma toi=s qeatai=si fra/sw; ou) xei=ron.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Knights 36-37 (a snatch of dialogue between the "slaves" Demosthenes and Nikias: see web address 1), with scholion: see web address 1.
- 1i.e. you may as well, you could do worse. For the idiom, here and elsewhere, see LSJ s.v.
xei/rwn , III.2. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Aug 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth