Παρὰ τὴν αὑτῶν φύσιν
contrary to their own nature
Translated by Ronald Allen30 Nov 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρὰ τὴν αὑτῶν φύσιν· ἀντὶ τοῦ, παραδόξως. οἱ δὲ τύραννοι παρὰ τὴν αὑτῶν φύσιν ᾐδέσθησαν τὴν ἱέρειαν κακῷ τῳ περιβαλεῖν.
Betacode
*para\ th\n au(tw=n fu/sin: a)nti\ tou=, parado/cws. oi( de\ tu/rannoi para\ th\n au(tw=n fu/sin h)|de/sqhsan th\n i(e/reian kakw=| tw| peribalei=n.
Notes (2)
- The headword phrase is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
- 1For a (fortuitous) near-reversal of this headword phrase and gloss, see Aeschines 2.40 (web address 1) with scholion. Aeschines is accusing his political rival Demosthenes of 'unexpectedly' disclosing to him the meaning of three vulgar expressions (kappa 1410, pi 88, pi 887); Maxwell-Stuart, pp. 7-12) and the scholiast glosses the adverb as 'contrary to his own nature'. ↩
- 2Aelian fr. 313 Hercher (310 Domingo-Forasté), contextless. [In her critical apparatus, Adler notes that ms. M and the corrected edition of ms. F read
peri\ : imputable to their own nature.] ↩
References
P.G. Maxwell-Stuart, 'Three words of abusive slang in Aeschines,' American Journal of Philology 96.1 (1975)
D. Domingo-Forasté, ed., Clavdii Aeliani: Epistvlae et Fragmenta, Stuttgart and Leipzig: Teubner, 1994
D. Domingo-Forasté, ed., Clavdii Aeliani: Epistvlae et Fragmenta, Stuttgart and Leipzig: Teubner, 1994
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Aug 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked reference, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- modified notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen