Παρακεχόρδηκεν
has struck a wrong note
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Apr 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρακεχόρδηκεν, οἷον παρημάρτηκε λέγουσιν Ἀττικοί. καὶ παράχορδον.
Betacode
*parakexo/rdhken, oi(=on parhma/rthke le/gousin *)attikoi/. kai\ para/xordon.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise in Photius pi254 Theodoridis; and similarly already in Hesychius pi543, except that he spells the headword
parakexo/rdiken -- correctly, in Theodoridis' view. This perfect is Comica adespota fr. 1103 Kock, now 525 K.-A. The future tense ofparaxordi/zw occurs in Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 295 (pi 490, pi 491). ↩ - 2Adjective (or adverb), attested only here and in Photius. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- π490Παραχορδιεῖςyou will strike a wrong note[Meaning] you will do [something] unseemly, don't do anything first, but say what one ought to say. "Attending to yourself, so that you will strike no wrong note in what you ought to show."
- π491Παραχορδίζεινto strike a wrong note[Meaning] to be out of tune, to err.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Dec 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth