Περὶ πόδα

round the foot

Translated by David Whitehead6 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 41 words
As if [to say] fitting exactly, like one's shoes to one's feet. Plato [Comicus writes]: "to me this affair is as [if] round the foot."1 And in Goods and Chattels [he writes]: "and fitting his ways as [if] round the foot."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περὶ πόδα· οἷον ἁρμόττον σφόδρα, ὡς τὰ ὑποδήματα τοῖς ποσί. Πλάτων· ὡς ἐστί μοι τὸ χρῆμα τοῦτο περὶ πόδα. καὶ ἐν Σκευαῖς· καὶ τοῖς τρόποις ἁρμόττον ὡς περὶ πόδα.

Betacode
*peri\ po/da: oi(=on a(rmo/tton sfo/dra, w(s ta\ u(podh/mata toi=s posi/. *pla/twn: w(s e)sti/ moi to\ xrh=ma tou=to peri\ po/da. kai\ e)n *skeuai=s: kai\ toi=s tro/pois a(rmo/tton w(s peri\ po/da.

Notes (2)

  1. Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius pi739 Theodoridis.
    On this idiom see generally LSJ s.v. pou=s, 6.c.
  2. 1Plato Comicus fr. 197 Kock (221 K.-A.). ↩
  3. 2Plato Comicus fr. 129 Kock (137 K.-A.). ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Sep 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another note — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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