Σύρβη

tumult, confusion

Translated by Marcelo Boeri24 Jul 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 1 word

Perturbation.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σύρβη· τάραχος.

Betacode

*su/rbh: ta/raxos.

Notes (1)

Apparently a dialectal variant of tu/rbh (tau 1192). See also sigma 1661.
This is Epicurean terminology (see Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus 77 = Diogenes Laertius 10.77).
1cf. Zenobius 6.1. ↩

Linked from2 entries

σ1661Συρβηνεύςnoisy[Meaning one who/that which is] rowdy. [sc. The term comes] from those playing the pipes in a disruptive way; or [meaning] a poor man by dint of having his pipe-cases and quivers empty. Also [sc. attested is the phrase]…
τ1192Τύρβηthrong, tumult, disorder[Meaning] enjoyment, or turmoil, or confusion. Among Milesians "Gergêthes" is what the throng and the handicraftsmen are called. That is, those who work with their hands.

Neighbouring entries

σ1658ΣυράκουσαSyracuse σ1659Συρακουσία τράπεζαSyracusan table σ1660Σύρβηtumult, confusion σ1661Συρβηνεύςnoisy σ1662ΣυριανόςSyrianos, Syrianus

Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Aug 2011

23 Aug 2011another note — David Whitehead
25 Jul 2008another x-ref; tweaks — David Whitehead
25 Jul 2008expanded note with cross-reference, set status — Catharine Roth
24 Jul 2008Translated — Marcelo Boeri