Σῦκον αἰτεῖν

to ask for a fig

Translated by Catharine Roth23 May 2014Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 42 words

[Meaning] to flatter; for when the figs are only just appearing, as if coming just at the right time they used to beg the fig-watchers to give [them].¹
See about erineos the fruit of the wild fig in the [entry for] e)rineo/s.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σῦκον αἰτεῖν· κολακεύειν· νεωστὶ γὰρ τῶν σύκων φαινομένων, ὡς ἂν εἰς ὥρας ἥκοντες, ἐλιπάρουν τοὺς συκωροὺς δοῦναι. ζήτει περὶ ἐρινεοῦ τοῦ καρποῦ τῆς ἀγρίας συκῆς ἐν τῷ ἐρινεός.

Betacode

*su=kon ai)tei=n: kolakeu/ein: newsti\ ga\r tw=n su/kwn fainome/nwn, w(s a)\n ei)s w(/ras h(/kontes, e)lipa/roun tou\s sukwrou\s dou=nai. zh/tei peri\ e)rineou= tou= karpou= th=s a)gri/as sukh=s e)n tw=| e)rineo/s.

Notes (2)

1Likewise in Photius, Lexicon sigma686 Theodoridis, and similarly already in (e.g.) Hesychius sigma2235 and several of the paroemiographers; cf. sigma 1327. Aristophanes, Wasps 302, has an instance. ↩
2epsilon 2993. (This cross-reference, Adler reports, appears in the margin of ms M; it is lacking in other manuscripts.) ↩

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σ1327Σῦκον αἰτεῖςyou are asking for a fig[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who flatter; for the Athenians used to flatter the farmers, wishing to get early figs from them; for they used to be an omen that they would come again for them in the…

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σ1324Σύκινονfig-wood, made of fig-wood σ1325Συκομορρέαsycamore-fig, fig-mulberry, sycomore σ1326Σῦκον αἰτεῖνto ask for a fig σ1327Σῦκον αἰτεῖςyou are asking for a fig σ1328Σῦκονfig

Revision history2 revisions · last 27 May 2016

27 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
23 May 2014augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
23 May 2014Translated — Catharine Roth

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