Στερρὸν ἀντικνήμιον
stiff shin
Translated by Ioannis Doukas14 May 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes says [this] about Lacratides.1 [He means one] hard and aged and sickly; just as in contrast, applying to the vigorous, fresh [is said]. Theocritus [writes]: "a fresh knee."2 Meaning one blooming and young. From a metaphor of reeds, which are tender when fresh but become stiff when drying up. So [Aristophanes] said “stiff” as an euphemism, meaning dry.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στερρὸν ἀντικνήμιον· φησὶν Ἀριστοφάνης περὶ Λακρατίδου. τὸ σκληρὸν καὶ γεγηρακὸς καὶ αὖον· ὥσπερ κατὰ ἀντίθεσιν ἐπὶ τῶν ἀκμαζόντων, τὸ χλωρόν. Θεόκριτος· γόνυ χλωρόν. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀκμαῖον καὶ νέον. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν καλάμων, οἳ ὄντες μὲν χλωροὶ ἁπαλοί εἰσι, ξηραινόμενοι δὲ ἰσχυροὶ γίνονται. εὐφήμως οὖν εἶπε στερρόν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ξηρόν.
Betacode
*sterro\n a)ntiknh/mion: fhsi\n *)aristofa/nhs peri\ *lakrati/dou. to\ sklhro\n kai\ geghrako\s kai\ au)=on: w(/sper kata\ a)nti/qesin e)pi\ tw=n a)kmazo/ntwn, to\ xlwro/n. *qeo/kritos: go/nu xlwro/n. a)nti\ tou= a)kmai=on kai\ ne/on. a)po\ metafora=s tw=n kala/mwn, oi(\ o)/ntes me\n xlwroi\ a(paloi/ ei)si, chraino/menoi de\ i)sxuroi\ gi/nontai. eu)fh/mws ou)=n ei)=pe sterro/n, a)nti\ tou= chro/n.
Notes (2)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 219 (web address 1), where the headword phrase occurs.
- 1cf. lambda 70. The chorus-leader here is in fact referring to himself in this way. ↩
- 2Theocritus, Idylls 14.70 (web address 2). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Apr 2015
- coding, tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- rearranged and corrected notes (and link); more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas