Τριβολεκτράπελα
coarse rude jests
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
It is compounded out of tri/bolos ["prickly"] and e)ktra/pelos ["strange"]. [Meaning] hard and trashy and ignorant. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "not dealing in coarse rude jests in the marketplace, like the [sc. youths] nowadays."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τριβολεκτράπελα· ἐκ τοῦ τριβόλου καὶ ἐκτραπέλου σύγκειται. σκληρὰ καὶ ἀπόβλητα καὶ ἀπαίδευτα. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· οὐ στωμύλλων κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν τριβολεκτράπελα, οἷά περ οἱ νῦν.
Betacode
*tribolektra/pela: e)k tou= tribo/lou kai\ e)ktrape/lou su/gkeitai. sklhra\ kai\ a)po/blhta kai\ a)pai/deuta. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: ou) stwmu/llwn kata\ th\n a)gora\n tribolektra/pela, oi(=a/ per oi( nu=n.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the passage quoted, is neuter plural of an adjective only attested in (and coined for) that passage.
- 1Aristophanes, Clouds 1003 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Sep 2022
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Catharine Roth