Στοιβήν
padding
Translated by Ronald Allen20 Oct 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] heap.1 Aristophanes [writes:] "and if anywhere I twice say the same thing, or if you perceive irrelevant2 padding, then you should spit on it." Meaning whether you might find some miniscule or superfluous and distracting word in the account. The metaphor [comes] from the padding of baggage.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στοιβήν· σωρόν. Ἀριστοφάνης· κἄν που δὶς εἴπω ταυτὸν ἢ στοιβὴν ἴδῃς ἐνοῦσαν ἔξω τοῦ λόγου, κατάπτυσον. ἀντὶ τοῦ κἄν τι ἐλάχιστον ῥῆμα ἢ περισσόν τι εὕροις καὶ παρέλκον ἐν τῷ λόγῳ. ἀπὸ τῆς στοιβῆς τῶν φορτίων ἡ μεταφορά.
Betacode
*stoibh/n: swro/n. *)aristofa/nhs: ka)/n pou di\s ei)/pw tauto\n h)\ stoibh\n i)/dh|s e)nou=san e)/cw tou= lo/gou, kata/ptuson. a)nti\ tou= ka)/n ti e)la/xiston r(h=ma h)\ perisso/n ti eu(/rois kai\ pare/lkon e)n tw=| lo/gw|. a)po\ th=s stoibh=s tw=n forti/wn h( metafora/.
Notes (3)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is accusative singular of the feminine noun
stoibh/, -h=s, -h( ; see generally LSJ s.v., and cf. sigma 1234. Its primary meaning is thorny burnet (Sarcopoterium spinosum; cf. Polunin, no. 440), the branches of which were bundled to make brooms and to pack wine jars. - 1The gloss is accusative singular of the masculine noun
swro/s, -ou=, o( ; see generally LSJ s.v. ↩ - 2Literally, outside the account, but here following Dover's recommended translation (Dover, p. 336). ↩
- 3Not 'Sophocles', as in mss AFV (reported by Adler), but Aristophanes, Frogs 1178-9 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. Euripides (epsilon 3695) is rebutting the imputation by Dionysus (delta 1185) that his scripts have been pleonastic. ↩
References
O. Polunin, Flowers of Europe, London: Oxford University Press, 1969
K.J. Dover, Aristophanes, Frogs, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993
K.J. Dover, Aristophanes, Frogs, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 17 Apr 2022
- tweaked link, cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.3 — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen