Φιλεῖ γάρ πως
for [such matters] are likely somehow
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Oct 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] for they delight somehow; or, for [it is] customary somehow.
"For most things tend to turn out differently."1 That is, it happens, it has a habit of producing different results than what someone expects; for those who approach some kind of learning out of irrational desire are changeable. Until he desires to exact the fee.
"For most things tend to turn out differently."1 That is, it happens, it has a habit of producing different results than what someone expects; for those who approach some kind of learning out of irrational desire are changeable. Until he desires to exact the fee.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλεῖ γάρ πως· τέρπεται γάρ πως· ἢ ἔθος γάρ πως. φιλεῖ γὰρ τὰ πολλὰ ἑτέρως τρέπεσθαι. τουτέστι συμβαίνει, ἔθος ἔχει ἄλλως ἀποβαίνειν ἢ ὡς προσδοκᾷ τις· εὐμετάβολοι γάρ εἰσιν οἱ ἐξ ἐπιθυμίας ἀλόγου ἐπί τι μάθημα ἐρχόμενοι. ἕως οὗ ἐπιθυμεῖ πράξειν τὸν μισθόν.
Betacode
*filei= ga/r pws: te/rpetai ga/r pws: h)\ e)/qos ga/r pws. filei= ga\r ta\ polla\ e(te/rws tre/pesqai. toute/sti sumbai/nei, e)/qos e)/xei a)/llws a)pobai/nein h)\ w(s prosdoka=| tis: eu)meta/boloi ga/r ei)sin oi( e)c e)piqumi/as a)lo/gou e)pi/ ti ma/qhma e)rxo/menoi. e(/ws ou(= e)piqumei= pra/cein to\n misqo/n.
Notes (1)
- The headword phrase is extracted from Aristophanes, Clouds 812, where the chorus say: "for such matters are likely somehow to turn the other way" (web address 1). It is followed, here, first by the glossing of Photius (phi166 Theodoridis) and other lexica, then by material from the scholia on the line.
- 1If this is intended to be Aristophanes' line, it is a very loose approximation of it. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Dec 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- my typos — David Whitehead
- rearranged and expanded notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth