Πτωχεία πενίας διενήνοχεν
beggary is distinct from poorness
Translated by William Hutton26 Sep 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Of which:1 poorness is a measured-out neediness, pursuing the necessities by labor, but beggary [is] a complete alienation of [= from] ownership. And 'poor' [pe/nhs ] comes from 'to labor' [pe/nesqai ], which is to be active and is said to provide the necessities from this [activity]; but 'beggar' [ptwxo/s ] comes from 'to cower' [ptw/ssein ] before everyone.2 'Poorness' is said to come from the act of having a livelihood through working [ponei=n ], but 'beggary' is from cowering [ptw/ssein ] before all humans.3 "[Chremylus:] we say that poorness is the sister of beggary. [Poorness:] at least you do, you who say that Dionysius is similar to Thrasybulus."4 For the one is a tyrant, and the other a tyrant-slayer.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πτωχεία πενίας διενήνοχεν· ἧς· ἡ μὲν πενία μεμετρημένη ἐστὶν ἔνδεια, πόνῳ τὰ χρειώδη θηρῶσα, ἡ δὲ πτωχεία παντελὴς τῆς κτήσεως ἔκπτωσις. καὶ ὁ μὲν πένης παρὰ τὸ πένεσθαι, ὅ ἐστι ἐνεργεῖν καὶ ἐκ τούτου πορίζειν τὰ χρειώδη εἴρηται· ὁ δὲ πτωχὸς παρὰ τὸ πτώσσειν πάντας. εἴρηται δὲ πενία παρὰ τὸ διὰ τοῦ πονεῖν ἔχειν τὸ ζῆν, πτωχεία δὲ παρὰ τὸ πτώσσειν πάντας ἀνθρώπους. τῆς πτωχείας πενίαν φαμὲν εἶναι ἀδελφήν· ὑμεῖς γ' οἵπερ καὶ Θρασυβούλῳ Διονύσιόν φατε εἶναι ὁμοῖον. ὁ μὲν γὰρ τύραννος, ὁ δὲ τυραννοκτόνος.
Betacode
*ptwxei/a peni/as dienh/noxen: h(=s: h( me\n peni/a memetrhme/nh e)sti\n e)/ndeia, po/nw| ta\ xreiw/dh qhrw=sa, h( de\ ptwxei/a pantelh\s th=s kth/sews e)/kptwsis. kai\ o( me\n pe/nhs para\ to\ pe/nesqai, o(/ e)sti e)nergei=n kai\ e)k tou/tou pori/zein ta\ xreiw/dh ei)/rhtai: o( de\ ptwxo\s para\ to\ ptw/ssein pa/ntas. ei)/rhtai de\ peni/a para\ to\ dia\ tou= ponei=n e)/xein to\ zh=n, ptwxei/a de\ para\ to\ ptw/ssein pa/ntas a)nqrw/pous. th=s ptwxei/as peni/an fame\n ei)=nai a)delfh/n: u(mei=s g' oi(/per kai\ *qrasubou/lw| *dionu/sio/n fate ei)=nai o(moi=on. o( me\n ga\r tu/rannos, o( de\ turannokto/nos.
Notes (4)
- The headword phrase comes from commentary on Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 549-550 (quoted at the end of the entry: see n. 3), which also supplies the bulk of the material here, though the central section seems to contain parallel material from another source (see n. 3).
For more on these words see pi 966 and pi 3054 and, more generally, all the entries between pi 3051 and pi 3056. - 1More intelligibly than this relative pronoun (which surely ought to have been plural anyway), the scholia have 'because'. ↩
- 2cf. Etymologicum Magnum 660.14-15, 695.5-7. ↩
- 3Adler ascribes this part of the entry to Eclogae Etymologicae; cf. Orion [Author, Myth] 132.20 ↩
- 4Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 549-550; already quoted with similar commentary at pi 966. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- π966Πενίαpoverty"Because of [his] undeserved misfortunes [he] endured poverty." "So we say that poverty is the sister of destitution." Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. says this]. "[sc. Yes,] if also [you say] that Dionysios is like…
- π3051ΠτωχεύωI beg for, I ask alms from[Used] with an accusative.
- π3055Πτωχοτροφεῖονpoorhouse[no gloss]
- π3056Πτωχοῦ πήρα οὐ πίμπλαταιa pauper's pouch is not filled[sc. A proverb] in reference to the greedy. Also, 'paupers' purses [are] always empty'. Also, 'poorer than a leberis and a dabchick'.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typos — William Hutton
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton