Σεμνήν τρυφῶσαν
lofty [and] haughty
Translated by William Hutton18 Oct 2013Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] not a respectable one (for he is not praising her) but a conceited and high-and-mighty one and one who thinks a lot of herself.1 Aristophanes in Clouds [sc. writes this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σεμνήν, τρυφῶσαν· οὐ τὴν σώφρονα [οὐ γὰρ ἐπαινεῖ αὐτήν], ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀλαζόνα καὶ ὑπέρογκον καὶ ἐπ' αὑτῇ μέγα φρονοῦσαν. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις.
Betacode
*semnh/n, trufw=san: ou) th\n sw/frona [ou) ga\r e)painei= au)th/n], a)lla\ th\n a)lazo/na kai\ u(pe/rogkon kai\ e)p' au(th=| me/ga fronou=san. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais.
Notes (1)
- The headword phrase comes from Aristophanes, Clouds 48, where these two words in the feminine accusative singular -- the first an adjective, the second a present participle -- are used by Strepsiades to describe his aristocratic wife. (For the third word in the line, see epsilon 87.) The lexicographer's remarks are from commentary on this passage, though some of the material is independent from preserved scholia.
The parenthetical phrase "for he is not praising her" is needed because the terms used do not necessarily have a pejorative sense, but do in this case; cf. generally sigma 227. - 1The scholion correctly reads
e)f' au(th=| with a phi instead of the Suda's pi. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 3 Feb 2022
- added a note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — William Hutton
- Translated — William Hutton