Θωπεία
flattery
Translated by Marcelo Boeri10 May 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] fawning.1
Extraordinary fawning toward particular people, and the act of dealing not freely [but] with flattery with those in power. Antiphon in [his treatise] On concord [writes]: "but many people, even having friends, do not realize it; rather, they make their companions flatterers of wealth and fawners of luck".2
Extraordinary fawning toward particular people, and the act of dealing not freely [but] with flattery with those in power. Antiphon in [his treatise] On concord [writes]: "but many people, even having friends, do not realize it; rather, they make their companions flatterers of wealth and fawners of luck".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θωπεία· κολακεία. ἡ περισσὴ πρός τινας κολακεία, καὶ τὸ μὴ ἐλευθέρως προσφέρεσθαι τῇ κολακείᾳ τοῖς ὑπερέχουσιν. Ἀντιφῶν ἐν τῷ Περὶ ὁμονοίας· πολλοὶ δ' ἔχοντες φίλους οὐ γινώσκουσιν, ἀλλ' ἑταίρους ποιοῦνται θῶπας πλούτου καὶ τύχης κόλακας.
Betacode
*qwpei/a: kolakei/a. h( perissh\ pro/s tinas kolakei/a, kai\ to\ mh\ e)leuqe/rws prosfe/resqai th=| kolakei/a| toi=s u(pere/xousin. *)antifw=n e)n tw=| *peri\ o(monoi/as: polloi\ d' e)/xontes fi/lous ou) ginw/skousin, a)ll' e(tai/rous poiou=ntai qw=pas plou/tou kai\ tu/xhs ko/lakas.
Notes (2)
Linked from3 entries
- θ431Θῶπαflatterer[Meaning] fawner. "They sing of Iortios and him a sheer flatterer."
- θ432Θῶπεςflatterers[sc. A term applicable to] those words which, with lies and marvels, verge on fawning. "[...] and [they] proffering flattering and deceitful words". The nominative [form is] qw/y, [genitive] qwpo/s. "And thus he used to…
- θ435Θωπικαίdisposed to flattery[Meaning] disposed to fawning. "And you are quite disposed to flattery." Also [sc. attested is the adverb] qwpikw=s ["flatteringly"], [meaning] fawningly.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Jan 2013
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri