Σαρκίον
bit of flesh
Translated by Kyle Helms2 May 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] flesh.1 Also [sc. attested is the adjective] sa/rkinos ["fleshy"] pronounced with an acute accent on the antepenult, like kri/qinos ["made from barley"].2
[Note] that among winged creatures only the bat3 gives live birth,4 with the rest laying eggs, just like, in the opposite way, only the tortoise among quadrupeds lays eggs.5
[Note] that among winged creatures only the bat3 gives live birth,4 with the rest laying eggs, just like, in the opposite way, only the tortoise among quadrupeds lays eggs.5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σαρκίον· ἡ σάρξ. καὶ Σάρκινος προπαροξυτόνως, ὡς κρίθινος. ὅτι ἀπὸ τῶν πτηνῶν ἡ νυκτερὶς μόνη σαρκοτίκτει, τῶν λοιπῶν ᾠοτοκούντων, ὥσπερ πάλιν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τετραπόδων ἡ χελώνη μόνη ᾠοτοκεῖ.
Betacode
*sarki/on: h( sa/rc. kai\ *sa/rkinos proparocuto/nws, w(s kri/qinos. o(/ti a)po\ tw=n pthnw=n h( nukteri\s mo/nh sarkoti/ktei, tw=n loipw=n w)|otokou/ntwn, w(/sper pa/lin kai\ e)pi\ tw=n tetrapo/dwn h( xelw/nh mo/nh w)|otokei=.
Notes (5)
- 1The headword is actually the diminutive of the gloss; see LSJ, web address 1. ↩
- 2i.e. both words are proparoxytones. ↩
- 3Bats were often thought to be birds and the phrase
a)po\ tw=n pthnw=n could also be rendered "among birds." For bats as birds see, for example, Lucian, True Histories 33: "For this [a bat] is the only bird on the island." ↩ - 4The verb
sarkoti/ktw , lit. "to be born like lumps of flesh," is normally deponent. See LSJ s.v.sarkotoke/omai , web address 2. ↩ - 5cf. the epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals by Aristophanes of Byzantium; and nu 579. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 29 Jan 2022
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- translated title — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typo — Catharine Roth
- tweaked notes and links — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Kyle Helms