Στρεψίμαλλος ἄνθρωπος
tangle-fleeced fellow
Translated by David Whitehead25 Apr 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
He [who is] not simple. [The adjective comes] from wool which has tangles embedded in it.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στρεψίμαλλος ἄνθρωπος· ὁ μὴ ἁπλοῦς. ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίων τῶν συνεστραμμένους τοὺς μαλλοὺς ἐχόντων.
Betacode
*streyi/mallos a)/nqrwpos: o( mh\ a(plou=s. a)po\ tw=n e)ri/wn tw=n sunestramme/nous tou\s mallou\s e)xo/ntwn.
Notes
- Likewise in Photius, from Pausanias the Atticist.
The word is applied to Euripides (epsilon 3695) -- and intended to suggest a contorted style -- in a fragment of Aristophanes (fr.638 Kock, 682 K.-A.).
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Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Jan 2014
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- set status — Catharine Roth
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