Θερμός

hot

Translated by Ronald Allen21 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

4 notes · 35 words

Translation

[Meaning] bold.1
Also [attested is] 'hot-acting', [meaning] precipitate/reckless.2
"The Persians were terrified when they found him to be young and hot-acting."3
"Stop, Aeschylus, and do not through anger let your innards get hot with rancor."4

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θερμός· θρασύς. καὶ Θερμουργός, ὁ προπετής. οἱ δὲ Πέρσαι κατωρρώδησαν πυθόμενοι νέον αὐτὸν εἶναι καὶ θερμουργόν. παῦσ', Αἰσχύλε, καὶ μὴ πρὸς ὀργὴν σπλάγχνα θερμήνῃς κότῳ.

Betacode
*qermo/s: qrasu/s. kai\ *qermourgo/s, o( propeth/s. oi( de\ *pe/rsai katwrrw/dhsan puqo/menoi ne/on au)to\n ei)=nai kai\ qermourgo/n. pau=s', *ai)sxu/le, kai\ mh\ pro\s o)rgh\n spla/gxna qermh/nh|s ko/tw|. 

Notes (4)

  1. 1Same glossing in Photius and other lexica; see generally LSJ s.v. qermo/s, II, and cf. theta 246. ↩
  2. 2For this compound adjective see e.g. (besides the quotation which follows here: next note) Lucian, Timon 2, with the scholia thereto (109.25 Rabe, p. 109). ↩
  3. 3Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica, fragmenta e passione Artemii, 3.fr.28a (on Constantius Gallus). ↩
  4. 4Aristophanes, Frogs 843-4 (web address 1), here illustrating the related verb qermai/nw. ↩

References


H. Rabe, ed., Scholia in Lucianum, Stuttgart: Teubner, 1971.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Nov 2018
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Ronald Allen

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