Παραχορδίζειν

to strike a wrong note

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Apr 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

[Meaning] to be out of tune, to err.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παραχορδίζειν· διαφωνεῖν, ἁμαρτάνειν.

Betacode

*paraxordi/zein: diafwnei=n, a(marta/nein.

Notes

Likewise in Photius pi332. Present infinitive in both, though aorist in Lexica Segueriana 113.2.
cf. pi 361, pi 490.

Linked from2 entries

π361Παρακεχόρδηκενhas struck a wrong noteAttic-speakers say [this] as if [to say] [he/she/it] has erred. Also [sc. attested is] para/xordon ["discordant, out of tune"].
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."

Neighbouring entries

π489ΠαραχναύωI nibble at π490Παραχορδιεῖςyou will strike a wrong note π491Παραχορδίζεινto strike a wrong note π492ΠαραχωρῶI give up, I pass over, I yield π493Παραχρᾶταιabuses, misuses

Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Sep 2013

14 Sep 2013tweaked note — David Whitehead
30 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
30 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
18 Apr 2010adjusted x-refs — David Whitehead
17 Apr 2010Translated — Catharine Roth