Τρίμμα
smooth, smoothie
Translated by David Whitehead12 Nov 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] someone practised [literally: smoothed] in matters. Also in Aristophanes in Clouds: "you will become a smoothie at speaking".1 That is, practised; you will be competent and skilled in speaking. Also Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Crown, when attacking Aeschines as a reckless and shameless orator, calls him a smoothie of the agora.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τρίμμα· ὁ τετριμμένος ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι. καὶ παρ' Ἀριστοφάνει ἐν Νεφέλαις· λέγειν γενήσῃ τρίμμα. τουτέστι τετριμμένος, ἱκανὸς καὶ δεινὸς ἔσῃ λέγειν. καὶ Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ Περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου ὡς ἰταμοῦ καὶ ἀναισχύντου ῥήτορος καθαπτόμενος Αἰσχίνου, περίτριμμα ἀγορᾶς αὐτὸν καλεῖ.
Betacode
*tri/mma: o( tetrimme/nos e)n toi=s pra/gmasi. kai\ par' *)aristofa/nei e)n *nefe/lais: le/gein genh/sh| tri/mma. toute/sti tetrimme/nos, i(kano\s kai\ deino\s e)/sh| le/gein. kai\ *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| *peri\ tou= stefa/nou w(s i)tamou= kai\ a)naisxu/ntou r(h/toros kaqapto/menos *ai)sxi/nou, peri/trimma a)gora=s au)to\n kalei=.
Notes (2)
- For this headword, a neuter noun, see also tau 988.
- 1Aristophanes, Clouds 260 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. ↩
- 2Demosthenes 18.127, using the related noun peritrimma (web address 2). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added links, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead