Σαπρᾶς
mellow
Translated by David Whitehead20 Aug 2012Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] ancient. Aristophanes [writes]: "of peace mellow." Or old.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σαπρᾶς· παλαιᾶς. Ἀριστοφάνης· εἰρήνης σαπρᾶς. ἢ ἀρχαίας.
Betacode
*sapra=s: palaia=s. *)aristofa/nhs: ei)rh/nhs sapra=s. h)\ a)rxai/as.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Peace 554 (web address 1), with scholion.
LSJ s.v. claim the application of this adjective (cf. sigma 104, sigma 105) to peace as deliberately surprising, but see Platnauer's note.
References
Aristophanes, Peace, edited with introduction and commentary by Maurice Platnauer (Oxford 1964)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- σ104Σαπρόνdecrepit, worn-outNot [something] vile and cheap, but ancient; Eupolis [sc. uses the word in this way].
- σ105Σαπρόςdecrepit, worn-outAlso applied to someone/something ancient. "[He has become] Simonides? [How?] [Because], old and worn-out as he is, for the sake of a profit he would sail even on a wickerwork mat." That is, a bundle of firewood.
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