Τῷ νῦν λόγῳ
by what word now?
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Feb 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
Meaning by what kind [sc. of word]?1 Also, "by what do you judge this?" Meaning by what kind of sign? Aristophanes [writes this] in Wealth.2
"Chance has inherited a reputation like this in vain. But those who undertake the deeds are responsible, since their high reputation follows on from the same, but sometimes the opposite [happens]."3
"Chance has inherited a reputation like this in vain. But those who undertake the deeds are responsible, since their high reputation follows on from the same, but sometimes the opposite [happens]."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τῷ νῦν λόγῳ· ἀντὶ τοῦ ποίῳ; καί, τῷ τοῦτο κρίνεις; ἀντὶ τοῦ ποίῳ σημείῳ; Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ. ἡ τύχη κενῶς κεκληρονόμηκε τοιαύτην φήμην. αἴτιοι δ' εἰσὶν οἱ χειρίζοντες τὰς πράξεις, τῷ ταῖς αὐταῖς ἐπιτρέχειν σεμνότητα καὶ μέγεθος, ποτὲ δὲ τοὐναντίον.
Betacode
*tw=| nu=n lo/gw|: a)nti\ tou= poi/w|; kai/, tw=| tou=to kri/neis; a)nti\ tou= poi/w| shmei/w|; *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|. h( tu/xh kenw=s keklhrono/mhke toiau/thn fh/mhn. ai)/tioi d' ei)si\n oi( xeiri/zontes ta\s pra/ceis, tw=| tai=s au)tai=s e)pitre/xein semno/thta kai\ me/geqos, pote\ de\ tou)nanti/on.
Notes (3)
- In the first two quotations,
tw=| is the dative singular of the interrogative pronounti/s , equivalent toti/ni . - 1Aristophanes, Clouds 372, with scholion. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 48, with scholion. ↩
- 3Polybius fr. 83, quoted more fully at tau 1232, q.v. Here
tw=| is the definite article with an infinitive. ↩
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- cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth