Σχεδίως ἐκτράφηθι
[don't?] be randomly led astray
Translated by Ronald Allen28 Apr 2014Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[no gloss]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σχεδίως ἐκτράφηθι.
Betacode
*sxedi/ws e)ktra/fhqi.
Notes
- The headword phrase, otherwise unattested, is presumably quoted from somewhere, and seems (in DW's view at least) to cry out for a negative, as supplied above. Be that as it may:
(i) Its adverbsxedi/ws (temporarily, sketchily, at random) is cognate with the adjectivesxe/dios (close, casual, temporary, off-hand); cf. sigma 1770, sigma 1771, sigma 1773, sigma 1774, sigma 1775, sigma 1776, sigma 1778, and see generally LSJ s.v.
(ii) Its verb form, attested only here, is the second person singular, aorist imperative passive, of the verbe)ktre/pw , I turn astray, go off course; see generally LSJ s.v.
The thought conveyed by the phrase (if a negative is supplied: see above) finds a parallel of sorts in Aratus, Phaenomena 1.1153-54. Featuring the earliest attestation of the headword adverb, it advises ancient astronomerstw=n a)/mudis pa/ntwn e)skemme/nos ei)s e)niauto\n ou)de/pote sxedi/ws ken e)p’ ai)qe/ri tekmh/raio , By having observed all things together throughout the year, you would never judge at random from the sky.
Linked from5 entries
- σ1771Σχεδίαraft[Meaning] a ship constructed out of whatever [materials] are to hand, or impromptu; also [sc. can mean] a bridge, and a pontoon.
- 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.
- σ1775Σχέδιονnearby, random[Meaning] from what is at hand. And Aristophanes [writes]: "but these seem like random [inventions]." That is, they have been spoken on the spur of the moment.
- σ1776Σχέδιοιclose, casual, temporary, off-hand, random[Meaning ones which are] cheap/easily-acquired.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Nov 2014
- tweaked a note, at the translator's prompting — David Whitehead
- tweaking, at CR's suggestion — David Whitehead
- expanded note; modified keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- betacode typo — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen