Σούπερβος
Superbus
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2004Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Among Romans [this means] "arrogant." Tarquinius Superbus was so called, the seventh and last king of the Romans, who altered his whole rule towards greater severity and made the government harsher, inasmuch as he had attained the hegemony by means of such deeds. He changed the laws and proposed magistrates contrary to custom and through them mistreated the people, employing bonds and scourges, wooden and iron stocks, fetters, chains, mines, exiles. [He was] suspicious and boastful; for this reason he acquired this sobriquet.1
So that is the term for one who is boastful and wishes to be super others: for super means "above."2
So that is the term for one who is boastful and wishes to be super others: for super means "above."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σούπερβος· παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις ὁ ὑπερήφανος. οὕτως ἐκλήθη Ταρκύνιος Σούπερβος, ἕβδομος καὶ ἔσχατος βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων· ὃς πᾶσαν μετεκίνησε τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐθαδέστερον καὶ βαρυτέραν τὴν πολιτείαν ἀπέφηνεν, οἷα δὴ ἐκ τοιούτων παρελθὼν ἐπὶ τὴν ἡγημονίαν δραμάτων· τούς τε νόμους μεταθεὶς καὶ ἄρχοντας παρὰ τὸ σύνηθες προβαλλόμενος καὶ δι' αὐτῶν τὸν δῆμον αἰκιζόμενος, δεσμά τε καὶ μάστιγας, κλοιοὺς ξυλίνους καὶ σιδηροῦς, πέδας, ἁλύσεις, μέταλλα, ἐξορίας ἐφευρών· ὑπερόπτης τε καὶ ἀλαζών. ὅθεν καὶ τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν ἔσχε. λέγεται οὖν ὁ ἀλαζὼν καὶ σοῦπερ εἶναι τῶν ἄλλων θέλων· σοῦπερ γὰρ τὸ ἐπάνω δηλοῖ.
Betacode
*sou/perbos: para\ *(rwmai/ois o( u(perh/fanos. ou(/tws e)klh/qh *tarku/nios *sou/perbos, e(/bdomos kai\ e)/sxatos basileu\s *(rwmai/wn: o(\s pa=san meteki/nhse th\n a)rxh\n e)pi\ to\ au)qade/steron kai\ barute/ran th\n politei/an a)pe/fhnen, oi(=a dh\ e)k toiou/twn parelqw\n e)pi\ th\n h(ghmoni/an drama/twn: tou/s te no/mous metaqei\s kai\ a)/rxontas para\ to\ su/nhqes proballo/menos kai\ di' au)tw=n to\n dh=mon ai)kizo/menos, desma/ te kai\ ma/stigas, kloiou\s culi/nous kai\ sidhrou=s, pe/das, a(lu/seis, me/talla, e)cori/as e)feurw/n: u(pero/pths te kai\ a)lazw/n. o(/qen kai\ th\n e)pwnumi/an e)/sxe. le/getai ou)=n o( a)lazw\n kai\ sou=per ei)=nai tw=n a)/llwn qe/lwn: sou=per ga\r to\ e)pa/nw dhloi=.
Notes (2)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- τ125Ταρκύνιος ΣούπερβοςTarquinius Superbus, Tarquin the ProudWhen this man seized power over the Romans he renewed the government towards greater severity and made it harsher, inasmuch as he had attained the hegemony by means of such deeds. He changed the laws and proposed…
- τ126ΤαρκυΐνιοςTarquinius[no gloss]
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Revision history7 revisions · last 31 Jan 2015
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- fixed link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth