Τῦφος

delusion

Translated by Patrick Hogan7 Jan 2013Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 11 words

Translation

[Meaning] false pretense, madness.1
Such a person "is ignorant and deluded".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τῦφος· ἀλαζονεία, μανία. ὁ δὲ τοιοῦτος ἀγνοεῖ καὶ τετύφωται.

Betacode
*tu=fos: a)lazonei/a, mani/a. o( de\ toiou=tos a)gnoei= kai\ tetu/fwtai. 

Notes (2)

  1. LSJ entry at web address 1.
  2. 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and in a scholion (215.14 Rabe) on Lucian, Abdicatus 30 (where the participle u(potufo/mena occurs). On the first of the glosses, a)lazonei/a, see alpha 1056. ↩
  3. 2Polybius 3.81.1 (web address 2), using the related verb (of anyone who fails to grasp the paramount necessity for a general to know his opponent's principles and character). ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Oct 2022
  1. another link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. coding — Catharine Roth
  4. augmented and tweaked notes; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. tweaks and cosmetics, cross-reference, keywords, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — Patrick Hogan

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