Σχέδιον
nearby, random
Translated by Ronald Allen27 May 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] from what is at hand.1
And Aristophanes [writes]: "but these seem like random [inventions]."2 That is, they have been spoken on the spur of the moment.3
And Aristophanes [writes]: "but these seem like random [inventions]."2 That is, they have been spoken on the spur of the moment.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σχέδιον· ἐκ τοῦ ἑτοίμου. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· ταῦτα δὲ σχεδίοις ἔοικε. τουτέστιν ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος εἴρηται.
Betacode
*sxe/dion: e)k tou= e(toi/mou. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: tau=ta de\ sxedi/ois e)/oike. toute/stin e)k tou= paratuxo/ntos ei)/rhtai.
Notes (3)
- The headword, presumably quoted from somewhere, is an adjective in either the masculine accusative singular or the neuter nominative/accusative singular; cf. sigma 1770, sigma 1771, sigma 1773, sigma 1774, sigma 1776, sigma 1777, sigma 1778, and see generally LSJ s.v.
sxe/dios . - 1Likewise in the Synagoge (sigma424) and Photius, Lexicon sigma897 Theodoridis; similarly glossed in Etymologicum Gudianum 518.21 and ps.-Zonaras 1701.11. ↩
- 2Actually from the scholia vetera to Aristophanes, Clouds 971 (web address 1); see again at phi 761. ↩
- 3cf. epsilon 3258 (gloss) and sigma 1772 (end). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from6 entries
- σ1771Σχεδίαraft[Meaning] a ship constructed out of whatever [materials] are to hand, or impromptu; also [sc. can mean] a bridge, and a pontoon.
- σ1772Σχεδιάζειimprovises[Meaning he/she/it] speaks on the spur of the moment.
- σ1773Σχεδιάζεινto improvise[Meaning] to bring near, to draw near to, to show forth [something of one's own] at random. "From beginning to end [objectives] had been improvised and entirely missed.".
- σ1774Σχεδιασθείςhaving been improvised[Meaning] having been spoken offhand.
- σ1776Σχέδιοιclose, casual, temporary, off-hand, random[Meaning ones which are] cheap/easily-acquired.
- σ1777Σχεδίως ἐκτράφηθι[don't?] be randomly led astray[no gloss]
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Jun 2022
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- coding, upgraded link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen