Παροίνιος
drinking man, wine-drinker
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Jul 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a drunkard and insolent man.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παροίνιος· ὁ μέθυσος καὶ ὑβριστής.
Betacode
*paroi/nios: o( me/qusos kai\ u(bristh/s.
Notes
- From the fuller scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 981; cf. pi 737 (and omicron 812, end).
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- ο812Οὐδέποτ' ἐγὼ τοῦτον ὑποδέξομαι οὐδὲ παρ' ἐμοί ποτε τὸν Ἁρμόδιον ᾄσεται ὅτι παροίνιος ἀνὴρ ἔφυnever will I receive this man, nor at my house will he ever sing the Harmodios [song], because he was a drinking manIn the gatherings of drinkers they used to sing a certain song, called "Harmodios," of which the beginning [was] "beloved Harmodios, you did not die." They used to sing it about Harmodios and Aristogeiton, how they had…
- π735Παροινικώτατοςmost drunk"For he, of those gathered, was much the most drunk - despite the presence of Hippolytos, Antiphon, Lykon, Lysistratos, Thouphrastos, the Phrynichos group. Of all these he was by far the most outrageous," [that is]…
- π737Πάροινοςdrinking man, wine-drinker[Meaning a] drunkard. Aristophanes [writes]: "never will I receive this man, nor at my house will he ever sing the Harmodios [song], because he was a drinking man." In the gatherings of drinkers they used to sing a…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 17 Sep 2013
- expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; cosmetic — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth