Ταραξικάρδιον
heart-disturbing, heart-troubling
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Nov 2013Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that which bites the heart. "This saying is already terrible and heart-disturbing." He has used exaggeration by saying 'heart-disturbing'. For it is something terrible, which [sc. however] is not so terrible as to bite and disturb the heart. But whatever might make a disturbance in the heart, this might undoubtedly be considered very terrible.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ταραξικάρδιον· τὸ δάκνον τὴν καρδίαν. τοῦτο τοὖπος δεινὸν ἤδη καὶ ταραξικάρδιον. αὐξήσει κέχρηται, εἰπὼν ταραξικάρδιον. ἔστι γάρ τι δεινόν, ὃ μὴ οὕτως ἐστὶ δεινόν, ὡς δάκνειν καὶ ταράττειν καρδίαν. ὅπερ δὲ τῇ καρδίᾳ ταραχὴν ἐμποιήσειεν ἄν, τοῦτο ἀναμφιλόγως δεινότατον νομίζοιτο.
Betacode
*taracika/rdion: to\ da/knon th\n kardi/an. tou=to tou)=pos deino\n h)/dh kai\ taracika/rdion. au)ch/sei ke/xrhtai, ei)pw\n taracika/rdion. e)/sti ga/r ti deino/n, o(\ mh\ ou(/tws e)sti\ deino/n, w(s da/knein kai\ tara/ttein kardi/an. o(/per de\ th=| kardi/a| taraxh\n e)mpoih/seien a)/n, tou=to a)namfilo/gws deino/taton nomi/zoito.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Acharnians 315 (web address 1), with scholion.
The headword adjective -- used by the chorus-leader of Dikaiopolis' determination to say something good about the Spartans -- was apparently coined for that passage and occurs nowhere else.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 7 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth