Τυφομένης
being full of smoke, being smoked
Translated by Patrick Hogan28 Dec 2012Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τυφομένης· καπνιζομένης, καιομένης. καὶ καπνῷ τύφειν δίκην σφηκῶν. τὸ ῥῆμα τύφω· ἐξ οὗ καὶ ἀτυφότατος.
Betacode
*tufome/nhs: kapnizome/nhs, kaiome/nhs. kai\ kapnw=| tu/fein di/khn sfhkw=n. to\ r(h=ma tu/fw: e)c ou(= kai\ a)tufo/tatos.
Notes (3)
- NB: this entry calls for more synonyms for smoke (noun and verb) than are readily available in English.
- 1Same or similar glossing, variously, in other lexica (and in a Lucianic scholion); and cf. tau 1211. The headword is actually feminine genitive singular -- not reflected in translation here -- of the present middle/passive participle of
tu/fw (LSJ entry at web address 1). It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.139, the only instance extant outside lexica and scholia. ↩ - 2Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler notes Valckenaer's attribution of it to Aelian.) Possibly deriving from commentary on Homer, Iliad 9.243. ↩
- 3(cf. ps.-Herodian 136.) This superlative is applied by Diogenes Laertius to two of his philosophical biographees: Xenocrates (4.11) and Arcesilaus (4.37). See LSJ s.v.
a)/tufos at web address 2. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- κ344Καπνίας οἶνοςsmoky wine[Meaning that] which is found in Italian Beneventum. Also [sc. attested is] kapni/a a)/mpelos ["smoky grapevine"], [meaning] the dark [kind]. Interpretation of a dream: they call the strength of the winds 'Beneventum.'…
- τ1211Τύφεταιis smoking, is smouldering[Meaning he/she/it] is burning.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 16 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked notes — Catharine Roth
- supplied notes; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Patrick Hogan