Σπολάς
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Translation
[Meaning] leather. Sophocles in Ajax the Locrian [writes]: "Libyan hide of a dappled dog, a leopard-borne skin."1 But others [sc. say it means] a leather cloak. It was perhaps derived from being worn on top. Aristophanes [writes]: "hey there, you have a hide and a tunic, take them off and give them to the poet."2 And again: "[...] who does not possess a weave-whirled garment; and hide went ignoble without a tunic."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σπολάς· διφθέρα. Σοφοκλῆς Αἴαντι Λοκρῷ· καταστίκτου κυνὸς σπολὰς Λίβυσσα, παρδαληφόρον δέρος. οἱ δὲ ἐφαπτὸν δερμάτινον. παρήχθη δὲ ἴσως ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιφέρεσθαι. Ἀριστοφάνης· οὗτος, σὺ μέντοι σπολάδα καὶ χιτῶν' ἔχεις, ἀπόδυθι, καὶ δὸς τῷ ποιητῇ. καὶ αὖθις· ὃς ὑφαντοδόνητον ἔσθος οὐ πέπαται· ἀκλεὴς δ' ἔβα σπολὰς ἄνευ χιτῶνος.
Betacode
*spola/s: difqe/ra. *sofoklh=s *ai)/anti *lokrw=|: katasti/ktou kuno\s spola\s *li/bussa, pardalhfo/ron de/ros. oi( de\ e)fapto\n derma/tinon. parh/xqh de\ i)/sws e)k tou= e)pife/resqai. *)aristofa/nhs: ou(=tos, su\ me/ntoi spola/da kai\ xitw=n' e)/xeis, a)po/duqi, kai\ do\s tw=| poihth=|. kai\ au)=qis: o(\s u(fantodo/nhton e)/sqos ou) pe/patai: a)kleh\s d' e)/ba spola\s a)/neu xitw=nos.
Notes (3)
- Much of this entry, including the quotation of Sophocles (n. 1), is derived from a scholion to the first Aristophanes passage quoted (n. 2), which cites Callistratus and Euphronius as grammatical authorities. The form of the headword (nominative singular) is either an extract from the Sophocles quotation or a generic lexical reference. See also Pollux 7.70, Hesychius sigma1542, Photius sigma469 Theodoridis.
- 1Sophocles fr. 11 Radt, i.e. not from Sophocles' surviving play Ajax but a lost play about a different Ajax, Ajax son of Oileus of Locris, also known as Ajax the Less (cf. generally alphaiota 9). ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Birds 933-4, with the headword in the accusative singular. ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Birds 942-4, with the headword in the nominative singular. This passage is also quoted with more context at upsilon 701, and alluded to at nu 450 and chi 235. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Mar 2014
- tweaked translation — William Hutton
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref and keyword; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- typo, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton