Σύμβολα
symbols
Translated by Catharine Roth24 May 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] signs, measures. The garments of skin are like a sign before death that man has become perishable.1
If a certain signal should occur, they used to accomplish the things which had been decided. "If an earthquake should occur, or a horrible fire, or a weasel should rush past," or some such thing.2
If a certain signal should occur, they used to accomplish the things which had been decided. "If an earthquake should occur, or a horrible fire, or a weasel should rush past," or some such thing.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σύμβολα· σημεῖα, μέτρα. οἷον σημεῖον τοῦ φθαρτὸν γενέσθαι τὸν ἄνθρωπον πρὸ θανάτου οἱ δερμάτινοι χιτῶνες. εἰ γένοιτό τι σύμβολον ἐπετέλουν τὰ δόξαντα. σεισμὸς εἰ γένοιτο, ἢ πῦρ ἀπότροπον, ἢ διαΐξειε γαλῆ, ἤ τι τοιοῦτον.
Betacode
*su/mbola: shmei=a, me/tra. oi(=on shmei=on tou= fqarto\n gene/sqai to\n a)/nqrwpon pro\ qana/tou oi( derma/tinoi xitw=nes. ei) ge/noito/ ti su/mbolon e)pete/loun ta\ do/canta. seismo\s ei) ge/noito, h)\ pu=r a)po/tropon, h)\ diai/+ceie galh=, h)/ ti toiou=ton.
Notes (2)
- cf. sigma 1373, sigma 1375, sigma 1376, sigma 1377.
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius sigma701 Theodoridis), referring to Genesis 3.21 on clothing for Adam and Eve. The headword itself does not occur in this quotation. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 791-2, with fuller scholia. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- σ324ΣημεῖαsignsSee under 'tokens' [symbola].
- σ1373Σύμβολαexchange-treatiesThe agreements which cities would make with each other to arrange for the citizens to prosecute and be prosecuted in court. Demosthenes [sc. uses the word] often in the 7th Philippic.
- σ1376Σύμβολονtoken[Meaning a] bird-portent, sign, oracular statement. It is also called su/mbolos in the masculine [gender]. "The councillor was lesser than Melampus and Polles. For these men were knowledgeable in oracular matters."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 May 2022
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth