Ῥαψῴδημα
stitched-together song
Translated by Nathan Greenberg ✝19 Aug 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] lie/untruth.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥαψῴδημα· ψεῦσμα.
Betacode
*(rayw/|dhma: yeu=sma.
Notes
- The headword, a neuter noun, is a very rare (not in LSJ) cognate of rho 68; see also rho 69 (also derogatory), rho 70, rho 71. Lexicographic comment on it, here and elsewhere, probably stems from its appearance in Julian, Contra Galileos p.195 Neumann ("the empty rhapsoidema about Troy"), but it is also attested in Cyril of Alexandria.
Linked from4 entries
- ρ68Ῥαψῳδεῖνto recite [poetry][Meaning] to sing. Aristophanes [writes]: "and it shall be for the boys to recite [sc. poems about] those who are brave in war; and if anyone has been a coward, so that, ashamed, they do not dine."
- ρ69Ῥαψῳδίαrecitation[Meaning] nonsense, a union of words, idle chatter.
- ρ70ῬαψῳδόςrhapsodeThe Sphinx stitching together her songs. The name of the rhapsode according to Homer, or it might have been after Homer. Sophocles [writes]: "why, when the watchful dog who wove dark song was here, did you say nothing…
- ρ71Ῥαψῳδοίrhapsodes[Meaning] the ones reciting the works of Homer in the theaters; they were so called because they recited while holding staffs [rhabdoi]. But [the verb] to rhapsodize is to emit nonsense; or simply to take [the staff?]…
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- Translated — Nathan Greenberg ✝