Παλίγκοτος
hostile, malevolent, malignant
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Translation
[Meaning] irascible, hateful, fearful, contrary.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "do not become hostile to our supplicating,"2 that is, do not be angered out of revulsion and change your mind again,3 over things you decided to do kindly for us.
And in the Epigrams "for Cypris4 [is] otherwise hostile; but she still acquired one virtue in particular -- to hate women who are prudes."5
Aristophanes [writes]: "do not become hostile to our supplicating,"2 that is, do not be angered out of revulsion and change your mind again,3 over things you decided to do kindly for us.
And in the Epigrams "for Cypris4 [is] otherwise hostile; but she still acquired one virtue in particular -- to hate women who are prudes."5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παλίγκοτος· ὀργίλος, στυγνός, φοβερός, ἐναντίος. Ἀριστοφάνης· μὴ γένῃ παλίγκοτος ἀντιβολοῦσιν ἡμῖν, ἤγουν μὴ ἐξ ὑποστροφῆς ὀργισθῇς καὶ πάλιν μετανοήσῃς, ἐφ' οἷς ἡμᾶς εὐεργετεῖν διέγνως. καὶ ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· Κύπρις γὰρ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα παλίγκοτος· ἓν δέ τι καλὸν ἔλλαχεν, ἐχθαίρειν τὰς σοβαρευομένας.
Betacode
*pali/gkotos: o)rgi/los, stugno/s, fobero/s, e)nanti/os. *)aristofa/nhs: mh\ ge/nh| pali/gkotos a)ntibolou=sin h(mi=n, h)/goun mh\ e)c u(postrofh=s o)rgisqh=|s kai\ pa/lin metanoh/sh|s, e)f' oi(=s h(ma=s eu)ergetei=n die/gnws. kai\ e)n *)epigra/mmasi: *ku/pris ga\r ta\ me\n a)/lla pali/gkotos: e(\n de/ ti kalo\n e)/llaxen, e)xqai/rein ta\s sobareuome/nas.
Notes (5)
- The headword, illustrated by the two quotations given, is a two-ending adjective in the masculine and feminine nominative singular; see generally LSJ s.v. [In her critical apparatus Adler notes that ms F transmits the non-existent
pali/kratos .] - 1The glosses are masculine adjectives in the nominative singular; cf. Hesychius s.v.
pali/gkota . [The last glossing word through the end of the entry is omitted, Adler reports, by ms A.] ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Peace 389-90 (web address 1): the chorus attempts to persuade Hermes to allow Trygaeus to free Peace. [Adler notes that this quotation is omitted by ms F, and relocated, after the subsequent
die/gnws in ms S.] ↩ - 3From the scholion to the aforementioned passage. [In mss FS, Adler reports,
h)/goun (that is) is omitted; ms F transmitse)c u(postrofh=| , by revulsion; and ms S readso)rgisqei\s andmetanoh/sas .] ↩ - 4Epithet of Aphrodite (Kupris, Kypris); cf. kappa 2738. ↩
- 5Greek Anthology 5.280.7-8 (Agathias Scholasticus; cf. alpha 112), the poet's passion remains unrequited. [The quotation is omitted from ms F.] ↩
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Revision history7 revisions · last 20 Aug 2023
- augmented n.5 — Ronald Allen
- corrected Anthology reference n.5 — Ronald Allen
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen