Φοιτῶντα

wandering

Translated by William Hutton11 Feb 2014Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 42 words
[Meaning him] having become vehemently insane [sc. and] being insane;1 for foi=tos ['wandering' (n.)] is insanity.2 Either [sc. because he was] going around among the flocks on account of insanity, or [because he was] turning this way and that in his insanity.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φοιτῶντα· μεθ' ὁρμῆς μεμηνότα μαινόμενον· φοῖτος γὰρ ἡ μανία. ἢ περιερχόμενον ἐν ταῖς ποίμναις, διὰ τὴν μανίαν· ἢ ἀναστρεφόμενον ἐν τῇ μανίᾳ.

Betacode
*foitw=nta: meq' o(rmh=s memhno/ta maino/menon: foi=tos ga\r h( mani/a. h)\ perierxo/menon e)n tai=s poi/mnais, dia\ th\n mani/an: h)\ a)nastrefo/menon e)n th=| mani/a|.

Notes (2)

  1. From the scholia to Sophocles, Ajax 59, where the headword participle (present active, accusative singular masculine) is applied to the title character; cf. Hesychius phi725.
  2. 1This redundant collocation of participles of the verb mai/nomai probably results from the hasty or uncomprehending collation of different sources. Other scholia and commentators choose one or the other (contrast, e.g., Hesychius phi275 with the scholia to Sophocles, where individual scholia have one or the other but not both). Since perfect forms of mai/nomai (like memhno/ta) regularly play a stative role (as in Hesychius, for instance), there is probably no intent to specify that the headword denotes a process from 'having become insane' to 'being insane'. ↩
  3. 2See also phi 808. ↩

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φ807Φοιτίαvisitationφ808Φοῖτοςerrancyφ809Φοιτῶνταwanderingφ810Φυγαδείαexileφ811Φυγγάνειflees, flee
Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Apr 2023
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaked translation, added n. 1 — William Hutton
  3. more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — William Hutton

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