Παλιντριβῆ

re-rubbed, obstinate; crafty

Translated by Catharine Roth21 Jul 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

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Sophocles [writes]: "how [could he not be alive?] Nothing evil has perished. But the gods treat them well, and somehow they enjoy turning back from the gates of Hades all rascally and crafty things, but the just and good they always send along [to Hades]."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παλιντριβῆ· Σοφοκλῆς· πῶς οὐδὲν κακὸν ἀπώλετο. ἀλλ' εὖ περιστέλλουσιν αὐτὰ δαίμονες, καί πως τὰ μὲν πανοῦργα καὶ παλιντριβῆ χαίρουσ' ἀναστρέφοντες ἐξ ᾅδου, τὰ δὲ δίκαια καὶ χρήστ' ἀποστέλλουσ' ἀεί.

Betacode
*palintribh=: *sofoklh=s: pw=s ou)de\n kako\n a)pw/leto. a)ll' eu)= periste/llousin au)ta\ dai/mones, kai/ pws ta\ me\n panou=rga kai\ palintribh= xai/rous' a)nastre/fontes e)c a(/|dou, ta\ de\ di/kaia kai\ xrh/st' a)poste/llous' a)ei/.

Notes (1)

  1. LSJ entry at web address 1. Compound of palin "back, again" and the verbal root trib- "rub". Used by Semonides of an obstinate donkey, "resistant to blows"; Sophocles here illustrates LSJ's sense 2.
  2. 1Sophocles, Philoctetes 446-450 (web address 2), with variation in verse 446. ↩

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π105Παλινσκίῳdoubly-shadedπ106Παλιντράπελονreversing, turning backπ107Παλιντριβῆre-rubbed, obstinate; craftyπ108Παλίντροποςturning backπ109Παλίουροςbuckthorn, Christ's-thorn, jujube
Revision history5 revisions · last 19 Jun 2016
  1. my typo — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  4. modified keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. added keyword — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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