Σεμνομυθοῦσιν
they speak with dignity
Translated by David Whitehead4 Jun 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they behave arrogantly in their speeches.1
"The dignified Hasdrubal, all his fine words forgotten, fell on his knees before the general [i.e. Scipio Aemilianus]".2
"The dignified Hasdrubal, all his fine words forgotten, fell on his knees before the general [i.e. Scipio Aemilianus]".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σεμνομυθοῦσιν· ὑπερηφανεύονται ἐν λόγοις. ὁ δὲ σεμνὸς Ἁσδρούβας συνέπεσε τῷ στρατηγῷ πρὸς τὰ γόνατα, ἐπιλελησμένος τῆς μεγαλορρημοσύνης.
Betacode
*semnomuqou=sin: u(perhfaneu/ontai e)n lo/gois. o( de\ semno\s *(asdrou/bas sune/pese tw=| strathgw=| pro\s ta\ go/nata, e)pilelhsme/nos th=s megalorrhmosu/nhs.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise in other lexica: see the references at Photius sigma142 Theodoridis, where the editor claims the source of the headword itself -- third person plural, present indicative active, of
semnomuqe/w (a rare variant, first in Euripides, ofsemnologe/w , sigma 225) -- as Philo Judaeus [of Alexandria], de congressu eruditionis gratia 130. ↩ - 2For Hasdrubal cf. phi 302. The present quotation has from time to time been attributed to and taken away from Polybius (not in B-W, for instance); Favuzzi [see under alpha 1596] 207-208 now assigns it on vocabulary-based grounds to John of Antioch. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Feb 2022
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- coding, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead