Στιπτοί
trodden upon
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Apr 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
Meaning [ones which are] compacted. It is said from clothes, which after being woven are pressed together into compactness. Or [ones which are] firm and felted. From the [verb] stei/bein ["to tread"], which is to walk.1
And Sophocles [writes]: "compacted indeed with leaves, as for someone taking shelter in [it]; but is the rest vacant?"2
And Sophocles [writes]: "compacted indeed with leaves, as for someone taking shelter in [it]; but is the rest vacant?"2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στιπτοί· ἀντὶ τοῦ πυκνοί. εἴρηται δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσθήτων, αἵτινες ὑφανθεῖσαι εἰς πυκνότητα συνάπτονται. ἢ στερεοὶ καὶ πεπιλημένοι. ἀπὸ τοῦ στείβειν, ὅ ἐστι πατεῖν. καὶ Σοφοκλῆς· στιπτή γε φυλλάς, ὡς ἐναυλίζοντί τῳ· τὰ δ' ἄλλ' ἔρημα;
Betacode
*stiptoi/: a)nti\ tou= puknoi/. ei)/rhtai de\ a)po\ tw=n e)sqh/twn, ai(/tines u(fanqei=sai ei)s pukno/thta suna/ptontai. h)\ stereoi\ kai\ pepilhme/noi. a)po\ tou= stei/bein, o(/ e)sti patei=n. kai\ *sofoklh=s: stipth/ ge fulla/s, w(s e)nauli/zonti/ tw|: ta\ d' a)/ll' e)/rhma;
Notes (2)
- 1From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 180, where the nominative plural headword occurs (referring to old men); cf. Erotianus 78.6. The derivation from
stei/bw is correct; cf. sigma 1075. ↩ - 2Sophocles, Philoctetes 33-34 (where this
stipth/ , feminine nominative singular, describes Philoctetes' rudimentary home). The quotation is actually divided between two speakers, Neoptolemus [Author, Myth] and Odysseus. ↩
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Revision history1 revision · last 10 Apr 2014
- expansions to notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth