Περιπεφθείς
having been encrusted, having been hoodwinked
Translated by David Whitehead23 Nov 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"[Them] you choose, having been encrusted by these phraselets, to rule over you."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περιπεφθείς· τούτοις τοῖς ῥηματίοις περιπεφθεὶς ἄρχειν αἱρῇ σαυτοῦ.
Betacode
*peripefqei/s: tou/tois toi=s r(hmati/ois peripefqei\s a)/rxein ai(rh=| sautou=.
Notes (1)
- The headword (aorist passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of
peripe/ttw ) is extracted from the quotation given.
LSJ s.v. notes that this verb, which literally means 'I bake a crust around', is in fact only attested in figurative contexts like the present one; cf. pi 1245. - 1Aristophanes, Wasps 668, but with its two halves here inverted. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded hw and primary note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead