Περινοστοῦντας
journeying around
Translated by David Whitehead10 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning them] going around.1
Strictly speaking a nostos [is] arriving home from somewhere else, but by misuse of language also a journey from one place to another. Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "[...] whoever allows you to journey around stumbling".2
Strictly speaking a nostos [is] arriving home from somewhere else, but by misuse of language also a journey from one place to another. Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "[...] whoever allows you to journey around stumbling".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περινοστοῦντας· περιερχομένους. νόστος κυρίως μὲν ἡ ἀπὸ ἀλλοδαπῆς οἴκαδε ἄφιξις, καταχρηστικῶς δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀπὸ τόπου εἰς τόπον. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ὅστις σε προσπταίοντα περινοστεῖν ἐᾷ.
Betacode
*perinostou=ntas: perierxome/nous. no/stos kuri/ws me\n h( a)po\ a)llodaph=s oi)/kade a)/ficis, kataxrhstikw=s de\ kai\ h( a)po\ to/pou ei)s to/pon. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: o(/stis se prosptai/onta perinostei=n e)a=|.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi714 Theodoridis. The headword participle, in the masculine accusative plural, is evidently extracted from somewhere (but not the quotation eventually given here); Theodoridis mentiones instances in Basil of Caesarea and in Julian's letters. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 121 (web address 1), with scholion. The scholiast's point will resonate with anyone nowadays dismayed by the indiscriminate application of the term 'odyssey' to any kind of journey at all. For nostos, see nu 500. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added italics, raised status — Catharine Roth
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead