Παιπάλημα
piece of subtlety
Translated by David Whitehead5 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning him who is] a scoundrel, and inventive in wickedness, and entirely rascally with shrewdness/wit.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παιπάλημα· τὸν πανοῦργον, καὶ ποικίλον ἐν κακίᾳ, καὶ παμπόνηρον σὺν ἀγχινοίᾳ.
Betacode
*paipa/lhma: to\n panou=rgon, kai\ poiki/lon e)n kaki/a|, kai\ pampo/nhron su\n a)gxinoi/a|.
Notes
Linked from4 entries
- π464Παρὰ τὴν αὑτῶν φύσινcontrary to their own natureMeaning unexpectedly. "But the tyrants, contrary to their own nature, felt ashamed to involve the priestess in evil."
- π886Παιπάληflour[Meaning] meal [made] from barleycorns or from millet. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "you will become a castanet, meal." Meaning rough, difficult to grasp; since we call pai/pala ["steeps"] places that are difficult…
- π888Παιπάλημαpiece of subtlety[Meaning] one who has many [sc. verbal] diversions and pathways. But strictly [it means] fine flour.
- π889Παιπαλόειςcraggy[Meaning] that which is rough.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- expanded note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead