Τηνάλλως
otherwise [than should be], aimlessly
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Jan 2014Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] in vain.1 And ou) thna/llws ["not otherwise"] is what is said with a negation. But Philemon in Night [writes]: "the child [or: slave] goes around aimlessly holding the basket."2 It is also [used] by those associated with Demosthenes3 and in Plato's Theaetetus.4
"But as they heard words that these matters were otherwise, they retired back to agreement with Zeno."5
"But as they heard words that these matters were otherwise, they retired back to agreement with Zeno."5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τηνάλλως· μάτην. καὶ οὐ τηνάλλως, μετὰ τῆς ἀποφάσεως λέγεται. ὁ δὲ Φιλήμων Νυκτί· τὸ κανοῦν δὲ ὁ παῖς περίεισι τηνάλλως ἔχων. ἔστι καὶ παρὰ τοῖς περὶ Δημοσθένην καὶ ἐν Θεαιτήτῳ Πλάτωνος. ὡς δὲ λόγους τηνάλλως ταῦτα ἤκουσαν ὄντα, χωροῦσιν ἐς σύμβασιν πρὸς Ζήνωνα πάλιν.
Betacode
*thna/llws: ma/thn. kai\ ou) thna/llws, meta\ th=s a)pofa/sews le/getai. o( de\ *filh/mwn *nukti/: to\ kanou=n de\ o( pai=s peri/eisi thna/llws e)/xwn. e)/sti kai\ para\ toi=s peri\ *dhmosqe/nhn kai\ e)n *qeaith/tw| *pla/twnos. w(s de\ lo/gous thna/llws tau=ta h)/kousan o)/nta, xwrou=sin e)s su/mbasin pro\s *zh/nwna pa/lin.
Notes (5)
- The first and principal paragraph of this entry is also in Photius (tau257 Theodoridis); see also the other references there.
- 1The headword stems from the phrase
th\n a)/llws ; see LSJ s.v.a)/llws , II.3. Same or similar glossing in other lexica and grammars. ↩ - 2Philemon fr. 51 Kock (54 K.-A.). ↩
- 3Such a phrase, here as elsewhere, is simply a periphrasis for Demosthenes himself. In Demosthenes
th\n a)/llws (two words) occurs four times: 3.21, 19.181, 19.336, and (missed by Theodoridis) Exordia 43.2. ↩ - 4Plato, Theaetetus 172E; see also Laws 650A. ↩
- 5Attributed to Malchus by Bernhardy; now Malchus fr. 29 Cresci. ↩
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- coding — Catharine Roth
- another tweak — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Catharine Roth