Σορός
coffin
Translated by William Hutton15 Mar 2014Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] tomb, receptacle.1
"You there, you blowhard and pussy-rubber, you desire and seem to long for a timely coffin."2
Also [sc. attested is]sorophgo/s ['coffin-maker']. Aristophanes [writes]: "or shall I describe his madness to the coffin-makers?"3 [Meaning] to those who make the coffins for the dead. That is, he will receive no other cure than death; and it [is] necessary for him to prepare things suitable for his burial.
"You there, you blowhard and pussy-rubber, you desire and seem to long for a timely coffin."2
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σορός· μνῆμα, θήκη. ὦ οὗτος, τυφεδανὲ καὶ χοιρόθλιψ, ποθεῖς ἐρᾶν τ' ἔοικας ὡραίας σοροῦ. καὶ Σοροπηγός. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἢ τοῖς σοροπηγοῖς τὴν μανίαν αὐτοῦ φράσω; τοῖς τὰς σοροὺς τῶν ἀποθνησκόντων ποιοῦσι. τούτεστιν ἄλλην ἴασιν οὐχ ἕξει ἢ τὸν θάνατον· καὶ δέον αὐτῷ πρὸς τὴν ταφὴν τὰ ἐπιτήδεια κατασκευάζειν.
Betacode
*soro/s: mnh=ma, qh/kh. w)= ou(=tos, tufedane\ kai\ xoiro/qliy, poqei=s e)ra=n t' e)/oikas w(rai/as sorou=. kai\ *sorophgo/s. *)aristofa/nhs: h)\ toi=s sorophgoi=s th\n mani/an au)tou= fra/sw; toi=s ta\s sorou\s tw=n a)poqnhsko/ntwn poiou=si. tou/testin a)/llhn i)/asin ou)x e(/cei h)\ to\n qa/naton: kai\ de/on au)tw=| pro\s th\n tafh\n ta\ e)pith/deia kataskeua/zein.
Notes (3)
- 1= Hesychius sigma1346, Synagoge sigma160, Photius sigma420 Theodoridis. The headword is taken (Latte, Theodoridis) to be quoted from Homer, Iliad 23.91, where it occurs in this form (nominative singular). See also the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus (Wealth) 277, where it occurs in the dative. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Wasps 1364-5 (here with minor errors); in this passage the headword occurs in the genitive singular. See again at sigma 1263, tau 1209, chi 599. ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Clouds 846, with comments from the scholia thereto. In this passage the nominative singular secondary lemma occurs in the dative plural. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- θ326Θῆκαιcaskets[Meaning] coffins. "And because of a shortage of timbers they dug up the caskets of those who had been buried round about and used them for what needed to be done."
- σ1263Στυφεδανόςdim-wit"O you dim-wit and cunt-chafer, you desire, and you seem to love a timely coffin."
- τ1209Τυφεδανόςdim-wit"O you dim-wit and cunt-chafer, you desire, and you seem to love a timely coffin."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Mar 2022
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- x-refs — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton