Σπάθημα φρενῶν

strike of wits

Translated by David Whitehead27 Sep 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

5 words
Him who is excessively sagacious.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σπάθημα φρενῶν· τὸν ἄγαν φρόνιμον.

Betacode
*spa/qhma frenw=n: to\n a)/gan fro/nimon.

Notes

  1. Same entry in Photius' Lexicon. The headword phrase -- in the accusative case, as the gloss shows -- has been identified as a fragment of Attic comedy (Comica adespota fr. 903 Kock, now 540 K.-A.).

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σ897Σπαδώνων ἤτοι ἀποκόπων Σπάδωνconcerning geldings or castrated menσ898Σπαθᾶνto threadpackσ899Σπάθημα φρενῶνstrike of witsσ900Σπαθῶσιthey thread-packσ901Σπαλίωνοςspalion, vinea, wicker-roof
Revision history5 revisions · last 26 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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