Φρυγίλος ὄρνις τοῦ Φιλήμονος γένους
chaffinch bird of the family of Philemon
Translated by William Hutton5 Feb 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φρυγίλος ὄρνις, τοῦ Φιλήμονος γένους. φρυγίλος, ὄνομα ὀρνέου. ὁ δὲ Φιλήμων κωμῳδεῖται ὡς Φρὺξ καὶ ξένος καὶ Κάρ. Ἀριστοφάνης φησί.
Betacode
*frugi/los o)/rnis, tou= *filh/monos ge/nous. frugi/los, o)/noma o)rne/ou. o( de\ *filh/mwn kwmw|dei=tai w(s *fru\c kai\ ce/nos kai\ *ka/r. *)aristofa/nhs fhsi/.
Notes
- The headword phrase is an abridgement (omitting the phrase
e)nqa/d' e)/stai "here will be") of Aristophanes, Birds 763, and the comments here approximate those of the scholia (though the addition of "Carian" in the Suda seems to be an accretion from commentary to the following line where Carian ethnicity is mentioned without reference to Philemon). The humor in the present line depends on the similarity between the words for Phrygian (fru=c ) and the word for chaffinch (frugi/los ).
See also sigma 946, phi 773.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 30 Mar 2023
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton