Φλαυρότατον
most paltry, worst
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Oct 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
"When [you have] done these things, [that you] leave behind the most paltry [part] of the army ..." In Herodotus. That is, the bad [part].1
And elsewhere: "[...] the vixen, how paltrily once she associated with an eagle."2
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]flaurourgo/s ["bad-worker"], he who has accomplished small bad things.3
Sophocles [writes]: "contrivances of some bad-worker man."4
And elsewhere: "[...] the vixen, how paltrily once she associated with an eagle."2
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]
Sophocles [writes]: "contrivances of some bad-worker man."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φλαυρότατον· ποιήσαντες δὲ ταῦτα ὑπολείπεσθαι τῆς στρατιᾶς τὸ φλαυρότατον. παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ. τουτέστι τὸ κακόν. καὶ αὖθις· τὴν ἀλώπεχ' ὡς φλαύρως ἐκοινώνησεν αἰετῷ ποτε. καὶ Φλαυρουργός, ὁ μικρὰ κακὰ ἐργασάμενος. Σοφοκλῆς· φλαυρουργοῦ τινος περιτεχνήματ' ἀνδρός.
Betacode
*flauro/taton: poih/santes de\ tau=ta u(polei/pesqai th=s stratia=s to\ flauro/taton. para\ *(hrodo/tw|. toute/sti to\ kako/n. kai\ au)=qis: th\n a)lw/pex' w(s flau/rws e)koinw/nhsen ai)etw=| pote. kai\ *flaurourgo/s, o( mikra\ kaka\ e)rgasa/menos. *sofoklh=s: flaurourgou= tinos peritexnh/mat' a)ndro/s.
Notes (4)
- The headword, if extracted from the quotation which immediately follows, is neuter nominative/accusative singular of the superlative of
flau=ros (phi 519). - 1An approximation of Herodotus 1.207.7 (web address 1), with comment. In Herodotus the participle is in the accusative plural,
poih/santas (not nominative plural as here), and "was left" is also a participle (u(polipome/nous ) rather than the infinitiveu(polei/pesqai . ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Birds 653-4 (web address 2), using the related adverb; quoted more fully at pi 2185. ↩
- 3Adler notes but does not adopt the emendations of Hermann (
mikra\ kai\ kaka\ "small and bad") and Bernhardy (mikra\ h)\ kaka\ "small or bad", ormikra\ kakw=s "small things badly"). ↩ - 4Sophocles, Philoctetes 35-6 (web address 3). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Mar 2023
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth