Συμφορὰ
coming-together, conjunction
Translated by Robert Dyer17 May 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Symphora] also [sc. means] being carried together [epiphora] at the same time. Pisides [says]: "out of the immense coming-together of the snowdrifts."1 [He is speaking] about snow.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συμφορὰ καὶ ἡ ὁμοῦ ἐπιφορά. Πισίδης· ἐκ τῆς ἀμέτρου συμφορᾶς τῶν συρμάδων. περὶ χιόνος.
Betacode
*sumfora\ kai\ h( o(mou= e)pifora/. *pisi/dhs: e)k th=s a)me/trou sumfora=s tw=n surma/dwn. peri\ xio/nos.
Notes (1)
- For this headword in its (common) applied meaning of fortune -- good or bad -- see already sigma 1407 and sigma 1408. The present entry (which, Adler reports, is part of sigma 1408 in four of the mss) presents an instance of it in a literal, etymological sense.
- 1George of Pisidia, Heraclias 3 fr. 10 Tartaglia, line 1. In his footnote to this fragment, Quercius (J.M. Querci) notes (cf. Migne, PG 92.1748 n. 145) that it is from an unknown text, but cautions that it might not be literally about snowdrifts. He suggests rather that this could be the poet's metaphor for the cause of a surprisingly cool and refreshing change in the weather, described by Theophanes Confessor, which Heraclius's army once encountered during their summer campaign in Persia; cf. de Boor (307.21). Tartaglia (226-227) does not repeat Querci's speculation. On Heraclius, see generally eta 465. ↩
References
J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia graeca, vol. 92, (Paris, 1860)
C. de Boor, ed., Theophanis chronographia, vol. 1, (Leipzig, 1883; reprint 1963)
Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
C. de Boor, ed., Theophanis chronographia, vol. 1, (Leipzig, 1883; reprint 1963)
Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
Linked from3 entries
- π1266Περιπτώσειςcircumstances[Meaning] misfortunes.
- σ1407Συμφοράchance, circumstance, fortune[Meaning] misfortune, coincidence of evils.
- σ1408Συμφοράchance occurrence, fortune (good or bad), mishapIt is [one] of the intermediates. For this reason Simonides says, "Drink, drink at our fortune." Some say, Drink, drink at [our] good things. But 'fortune' indicates both the good and the bad. Hence [Aristophanes in a…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 7 Dec 2025
- my typo n.1, spotted by Catharine Roth — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keywords — Ronald Allen
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- tweaked reference — Catharine Roth
- expanded note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- modified note; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Robert Dyer