Σιωπή

silence

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Mar 2010Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 41 words
[There is] a proverb:1 "and I will be more silent even than the initiated Pythagoreans." In reference to those who are too silent. Inasmuch as the associates of Pythagoras had a precept to spend a period of five years practicing silence.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σιωπή· παροιμία· καὶ σιωπηλότερος ἔσομαι καὶ τῶν Πυθαγόρᾳ τελεσθέντων. ἐπὶ τῶν πάνυ σιγώντων· παρόσον οἱ Πυθαγόρου φοιτηταὶ παράγγελμα εἶχον σιγὴν ἀσκεῖν πενταετῆ χρόνον.

Betacode
*siwph/: paroimi/a: kai\ siwphlo/teros e)/somai kai\ tw=n *puqago/ra| telesqe/ntwn. e)pi\ tw=n pa/nu sigw/ntwn: paro/son oi( *puqago/rou foithtai\ para/ggelma ei)=xon sigh\n a)skei=n pentaeth= xro/non.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword is unglossed; the word "proverb" is lacking in manuscripts AFV. ↩
  2. 2Julian, Orations 4(8).251c. See already at pi 3124 (end). ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 24 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. supplemented tr; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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