Θωρήξασθαι
to arm oneself, to get drunk
Translated by Ryan Stone29 Feb 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Being armed and drinking and getting drunk [are called] qwrh/casqai . Since the chest [is] also qw/rac ['corslet'].1 On account of heating the chest, therefore, they call getting drunk qwrh/ssein : they also call drunken men a)kromequ/sous . Anacreon also uses the expression. He says, "to me also raise the pitcher," which he calls qw/raka :2 so qwrakisqh=nai [is] as if [to say] making the corselet full.3
Soqwrh/comai means I will get drunk: and qw/rhcis ['drinking to intoxication'], drunkenness, or the damage caused by wine.4
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Θωρήξασθαι· θωρήξασθαί ἐστι τὸ καθοπλισθῆναι καὶ τὸ πίνειν καὶ τὸ μεθυσθῆναι. ἐπειδὴ θώραξ καὶ τὸ στῆθος. διὰ τὸ θερμαίνειν οὖν τὸ στῆθος θωρήσσειν λέγουσι τὸ μεθύειν· καὶ ἀκροθώρηκας τοὺς ἀκρομεθύσους ἐκάλουν. κέχρηται δὲ τῇ λέξει καὶ Ἀνακρέων. ἐξαίρειν, φησί, κἀμοὶ τὸν χοᾶ, ὃν καλεῖ θώρακα· ὥστε θωρακισθῆναι οἷον τὸν θώρακα πληρῶσαι. Θωρήξομαι οὖν ἀντὶ τοῦ μεθυσθήσομαι· καὶ Θώρηξις, ἡ μέθη, ἢ ἡ ἀπὸ οἴνου γινομένη βλάβη.
Betacode
*qwrh/casqai: qwrh/casqai/ e)sti to\ kaqoplisqh=nai kai\ to\ pi/nein kai\ to\ mequsqh=nai. e)peidh\ qw/rac kai\ to\ sth=qos. dia\ to\ qermai/nein ou)=n to\ sth=qos qwrh/ssein le/gousi to\ mequ/ein: kai\ a)kroqw/rhkas tou\s a)kromequ/sous e)ka/loun. ke/xrhtai de\ th=| le/cei kai\ *)anakre/wn. e)cai/rein, fhsi/, ka)moi\ to\n xoa=, o(\n kalei= qw/raka: w(/ste qwrakisqh=nai oi(=on to\n qw/raka plhrw=sai. *qwrh/comai ou)=n a)nti\ tou= mequsqh/somai: kai\ *qw/rhcis, h( me/qh, h)\ h( a)po\ oi)/nou ginome/nh bla/bh.
Notes (4)
- The headword, an aorist middle infinitive, appears to be extracted from the scholion quoted; see below.
- 1cf. theta 439, theta 440. ↩
- 2Anacreon fr. 147. ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Acharnians 1133 (where the verb is used in both senses: web address 1), with scholion; cf. scholion on Aristophanes, Wasps 1195, and Etymologicum Magnum 460.36. ↩
- 4cf. scholion on Nicander, Alexipharmaca 32; also ps.-Herodian and other lexica. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 11 Dec 2018
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- more tweaks, notes, keywords, link, status — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation, added keywords — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone