Οἰδοῦσαν
swelling
Translated by Robert Dyer12 Jan 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰδοῦσαν· κομπώδη οὖσαν. τὴν τέχνην. οἰδοῦσαν ὑπὸ κομπασμάτων καὶ ῥημάτων ἐπαχθῶν. καὶ Εὐνάπιος· τοσούτου δὲ οἰδοῦντος καὶ ὑποφυομένου κακοῦ. ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἰθείης οὐκ ἐδόκεε πέμπειν τὸν στρατόν, ἅτε τῶν πραγμάτων ἔτι οἰδούντων.
Betacode
*oi)dou=san: kompw/dh ou)=san. th\n te/xnhn. oi)dou=san u(po\ kompasma/twn kai\ r(hma/twn e)paxqw=n. kai\ *eu)na/pios: tosou/tou de\ oi)dou=ntos kai\ u(pofuome/nou kakou=. o( de\ e)k th=s i)qei/hs ou)k e)do/kee pe/mpein to\n strato/n, a(/te tw=n pragma/twn e)/ti oi)dou/ntwn.
Notes (3)
- The headword is present active participle, feminine accusative singular, of the verb
oi)de/w "swell" (omicroniota 30); cf.oi)dai/nwn (omicroniota 28). It is extracted from the first quotation given, where it agrees withte/xnhn "art". The glossing phrase "being boastful" comes from the scholia to line 940; cf. omicroniota 31. - 1Aristophanes, Frogs 939-940, where Euripides complains that he inherited an art or style of tragedy from Aeschylus that was swollen, pompous and ponderous. Aristophanes plays on the double sense of
ko/mpos "clashing noise, boast" to describe this style (cf.komphro/s ), and uses the medical metaphor of a swelling (resulting from bruises) that must be treated and healed, as Euripides claims to have done. ↩ - 2Eunapius fr.1.271.20 Dindorf = fr.91 FHG (4.53). ↩
- 3Herodotus 3.127 (cf. 3.76), of Darius' ruse for getting rid of Oroetes. See also iota 245. ↩
Linked from6 entries
- ι245Ἰθὺstraight[neuter] and i)qu/s [masculine]: applying to a nominative. Herodotus [writes]: "it did not seem good to send the army straight against him, inasmuch as affairs were still in a ferment." Meaning in plain sight, directly.
- οι24Οἰδαλέονswollen[Meaning] that which is moist.
- οι27Οἰδαίνειswells[Meaning he/she/it] causes to swell.
- οι30Οἰδεῖswells[Meaning he/she/it] swells with inflammation, has been distended.
- οι31Οἴδημαswelling, painless swelling, soft swelling, oedema[Meaning a] distension, inflamed swelling, abscess. As from a metaphor of bodies it is also used for elation and swollen pride. "When she was puffed up by a swollen self-esteem (swelling of self-esteem) and treated with…
- ω20ᾨδηκόςswollen[Meaning something] inflamed, puffed up. "For [he] restrains a character swollen by wealth, demonstrating the good fortune on either side; and [he] raises up the [character] which has been overthrown by poverty and…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 5 Aug 2013
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — Ross Scaife ✝
- added x-ref and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Robert Dyer