Πῦρ παλάμη
cunningly wrought from fire
Translated by David Whitehead16 Apr 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] he who thinks quickly, and acts cunningly like fire.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πῦρ παλάμη· ὁ ταχέως τι ἐπινοῶν, καὶ παλαμώμενος ἴσα πυρί.
Betacode
*pu=r pala/mh: o( taxe/ws ti e)pinow=n, kai\ palamw/menos i)/sa puri/.
Notes
- What the Suda presents as a two-word headword phrase,
pu=r pala/mh , should actually be a single-word adjective. Photius, whose entry (pi1570 Theodoridis) is otherwise the same as the present one, gives it aspurpala/mhn ; Pindar has an instance ofpurpa/lamos (of a thunderbolt), for which cf. also Hesychius.
cf. generally pi 39, pi 40, pi 41, pi 47, pi 48.
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- Translated — David Whitehead