Στρόφις
twister, slippery fellow
Translated by Catharine Roth8 May 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
[Meaning] one who turns about easily in his affairs; the metaphor [comes] from a pivot; also one who is easily moved.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στρόφις· ὁ εὔστροφος ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν· ἀπὸ τοῦ στροφέως ἡ μεταφορά· καὶ ὁ εὐκίνητος.
Betacode
*stro/fis: o( eu)/strofos e)n toi=s pra/gmasin: a)po\ tou= strofe/ws h( metafora/: kai\ o( eu)ki/nhtos.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 450, where the headword
stro/fis occurs in an anapaestic string of abusive terms for a difficult opponent in a lawsuit. (For others, see kappa 1344, mu 284.)
cf. Pollux 6.130, Hesychius sigma2045.
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Revision history1 revision · last 8 May 2014
- expanded note; more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth