Στόμαργος

loud-mouthed

Translated by David Whitehead24 May 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

26 words
[Meaning someone who is] talking nonsence. Electra says: "announce me to everyone, whether I ought [sc. to be thought] evil or loud-mouthed or full of shamelessness".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στόμαργος· φλύαρος. Ἠλέκτρα φησί· κήρυσσέ μ' εἰς ἅπαντας, εἴτε χρὴ κακὴν εἴτε στόμαργον εἴτ' ἀναιδείας πλέαν.

Betacode
*sto/margos: flu/aros. *)hle/ktra fhsi/: kh/russe/ m' ei)s a(/pantas, ei)/te xrh\ kakh\n ei)/te sto/margon ei)/t' a)naidei/as ple/an.

Notes

  1. Sophocles, Electra 606-7 (Electra to her mother Clytemnestra), with scholion to 607.
    LSJ s.v. shows instances of this adjective in Aeschylus and Euripides also.

Neighbouring entries

σ1133Στόμαmouthσ1134Στόμαmouthσ1135Στόμαργοςloud-mouthedσ1136Στόμαχοςgullet, stomachσ1137Στόμις ἵπποςhard-mouthed horse
Revision history3 revisions · last 1 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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