Φωνασκεῖν
to voice-train
Translated by David Whitehead7 Aug 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to practise fine voice-production.1
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]fwnaskiko/n , [meaning something] trumpet-like.2
"Under the emperor Theodosius the category of voice-trainers [appeared? flourished?], tracked on all sides".3
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]
"Under the emperor Theodosius the category of voice-trainers [appeared? flourished?], tracked on all sides".3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φωνασκεῖν· εὐφωνίαν ἀσκεῖν. καὶ Φωνασκικόν, βούκινον. ἐπὶ Θεοδοσίου τοῦ βασιλέως τὸ τῶν φωνασκούντων γένος, πανταχόθεν ἀνιχνευόμενον.
Betacode
*fwnaskei=n: eu)fwni/an a)skei=n. kai\ *fwnaskiko/n, bou/kinon. e)pi\ *qeodosi/ou tou= basile/ws to\ tw=n fwnaskou/ntwn ge/nos, pantaxo/qen a)nixneuo/menon.
Notes (3)
- 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica. For 'fine voice-production' see also under gamma 302. ↩
- 2Adler reports a parallel entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon, and also connects this material with Plutarch, Tiberius Gracchus 2.5: Gaius Gracchus (sic), prone to high and harsh speech, sought to avoid this by having his servant Licinius stand behind him with a
fwnaskiko\n o)/rganon ("pitch-pipe": LSJ). For 'trumpet' cf. beta 591. ↩ - 3Quotation (and which Theodosius: theta 144 or theta 145) unidentifiable. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 31 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- supplemented translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead