Τυφογέρων

dotard, old fool

Translated by Patrick Hogan28 Dec 2012Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 16 words

[Meaning a man] in extreme old age; or [one who is] arrogant;¹ a deluded old man.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τυφογέρων· ἐσχατόγηρως· ἢ ὑπερήφανος· τετυφωμένος γέρων.

Betacode

*tufoge/rwn: e)sxato/ghrws: h)\ u(perh/fanos: tetufwme/nos ge/rwn.

Notes (2)

The headword tufoge/rwn is a comic term: see LSJ entry at web address 1, and notes below.
1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 908 (where Better Argument calls his opponent Worse Argument this). For the first gloss, see LSJ entry at web address 2; also under epsilon 2742 and esp. tau 1157. ↩
2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 335, where the term reappears; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 772.56. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

τ421ΤετύφωμαιI have been deluded, I am demented[Meaning] I was excited. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] tetufwme/nos ["deluded"]. Also [sc. attested is the related infinitive] tetufw=sqai ["to have been deluded"], [meaning] to have gone mad.

Neighbouring entries

τ1217Τυφλότερος λεβηρίδοςmore blind than serpent-skin τ1218Τυφλῶν ὀνείρωνof blind dreams τ1219Τυφογέρωνdotard, old fool τ1220Τυφομένηςbeing full of smoke, being smoked τ1221Τῦφοςdelusion

Revision history4 revisions · last 29 May 2016

29 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
16 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
30 Dec 2012modified tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
28 Dec 2012cosmetics — Catharine Roth
28 Dec 2012Translated — Patrick Hogan