Συρβηνεύς
noisy
Translated by David Whitehead26 May 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[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] 'chorus of Noisies', [meaning] a disturbed and swinish one; from one calling to the pigs.1
Hence the proverb 'Noisy chorus' has arisen, in reference to disorderly choruses.2
Hence the proverb 'Noisy chorus' has arisen, in reference to disorderly choruses.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συρβηνεύς· ὁ ταραχώδης. ἀπὸ τῶν αὐλούντων μετὰ θορύβου· ἢ πένης διὰ τὸ τὰς αὐλοθήκας καὶ φαρέτρας κενὰς ἔχειν. καὶ Συρβηνέων χορός, ὁ τεταραγμένος καὶ συώδης· ἀπὸ τοῦ τοῖς ὑσὶν ἐπιφωνουμένου. διὸ τέτακται ἡ παροιμία, Συρβήνης χορός, ἐπὶ τῶν ἀτάκτων χορῶν.
Betacode
*surbhneu/s: o( taraxw/dhs. a)po\ tw=n au)lou/ntwn meta\ qoru/bou: h)\ pe/nhs dia\ to\ ta\s au)loqh/kas kai\ fare/tras kena\s e)/xein. kai\ *surbhne/wn xoro/s, o( tetaragme/nos kai\ suw/dhs: a)po\ tou= toi=s u(si\n e)pifwnoume/nou. dio\ te/taktai h( paroimi/a, *surbh/nhs xoro/s, e)pi\ tw=n a)ta/ktwn xorw=n.
Notes (2)
- cf. sigma 1273, sigma 1656, sigma 1660.
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius sigma829 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2cf. Zenobius 6.1. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 27 May 2014
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead