Στενολεσχεῖν περὶ καπνοῦ
to quibble about smoke
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Mar 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
The [verb that means] to talk subtly: for smoke [is] thin and weak. The [verb] stenolesxei=n is taken from the [adjective] steno/n ["narrow"].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στενολεσχεῖν περὶ καπνοῦ· τὸ λεπτολογεῖν· στενὸς γὰρ καὶ ἀμενηνὸς ὁ καπνός. παρὰ δὲ τὸ στενὸν εἴληπται τὸ στενολεσχεῖν.
Betacode
*stenolesxei=n peri\ kapnou=: to\ leptologei=n: steno\s ga\r kai\ a)menhno\s o( kapno/s. para\ de\ to\ steno\n ei)/lhptai to\ stenolesxei=n.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Clouds 320, with scholion. See already at lambda 297; and cf. sigma 1039.
Linked from2 entries
- λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument"He did not devote himself to subtle argument or extend his discourses." Philostratus the Lemnian writes [this] about Apollonius. Hermippos in Demesmen [sc. also uses the word.] "I am already seeking to chop logic, and…
- σ1039Στενολέσχηςquibbler[Meaning a] subtle talker. Also [sc. attested us] stenolesxi/a ["quibbling"], [meaning] the same.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 28 Mar 2014
- tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Catharine Roth