Περικόμψους
over-subtle
Translated by Ronald Allen10 Mar 2011Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "put a stop to our suspicions, the over-subtle ones which we chatter about to each other. [...] And mix our thinking with some gentler companionship."1 "We chatter about" meaning we babble about.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περικόμψους· Ἀριστοφάνης· παῦσον ἡμῶν τὰς ὑπονοίας τὰς περικόμψους, αἷς στωμυλλόμεθ' εἰς ἀλλήλους. καὶ συγγνώμῃ τινὶ πραοτέρᾳ κέρασον τὸν νοῦν. στωμυλλόμεθα, ἀντὶ τοῦ φλυαροῦμεν.
Betacode
*periko/myous: *)aristofa/nhs: pau=son h(mw=n ta\s u(ponoi/as ta\s periko/myous, ai(=s stwmullo/meq' ei)s a)llh/lous. kai\ suggnw/mh| tini\ praote/ra| ke/rason to\n nou=n. stwmullo/meqa, a)nti\ tou= fluarou=men.
Notes (2)
- The unglossed headword, evidently extracted from the quotation given, is a two-ending adjective,
peri/komyos , in the masculine and feminine accusative plural; see generally LSJ s.v. It is attested only here. - 1Aristophanes, Peace 993-8 (web address 1), here abridged: Trygaeus, addressing Peace, has an optimistic moment prior to the sacrifice for her; cf. sigma 1154. [In her critical apparatus Adler notes that ms F omitted this text as well as the following repeated verb form.] ↩
- 2From the scholia to line 995 of this Aristophanic passage; again at sigma 1154. The verb form picked out for comment is the present indicative middle/passive, first person plural, of
stwmu/llw , I chatter, am talkative; see generally LSJ s.v. The glossing verb, with a more disparaging sense, is the present indicative active, first person plural, of the contract verbfluare/w , I talk nonsense, babble, play the fool; see generally LSJ s.v. [Adler notes that ms A omitted this note and that ms F transmitsflua/rous : meaning [sc. we speak] foolish things.] ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 3 Aug 2021
- tweaklet — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typo, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- tweaked headword and tr; augmented primary note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen