Θυμοσοφικώτατος
spirit-wisest
Translated by William Hutton20 Feb 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "next Ariphrades, by far the spirit-wisest, whom [his father] once swore that he was taught by no one, but learned by himself with his wise nature to use his tongue -- each time he went to the whorehouses!"1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θυμοσοφικώτατος· Ἀριστοφάνης· εἶτ' Ἀριφράδην, πολύ τι θυμοσοφικώτατον, ὅντινά ποτ' ὤμοσε μαθόντα παρὰ μηδενός, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ σοφῆς φύσεως αὐτόματον ἐκμαθεῖν γλωττοποιεῖν, εἰς τὰ πορνεῖα εἰσιόνθ' ἑκάστοτε.
Betacode
*qumosofikw/tatos: *)aristofa/nhs: ei)=t' *)arifra/dhn, polu/ ti qumosofikw/taton, o(/ntina/ pot' w)/mose maqo/nta para\ mhdeno/s, a)ll' a)po\ sofh=s fu/sews au)to/maton e)kmaqei=n glwttopoiei=n, ei)s ta\ pornei=a ei)sio/nq' e(ka/stote.
Notes (1)
- The headword, masculine nominative singular, is generated by the corresponding accusative in the quotation.
cf. theta 577. - 1Aristophanes, Wasps 1280-83 (web address 1). On Ariphrades and his womanising cf. alpha 3940, epsiloniota 146, lambda 753. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 7 Jan 2013
- another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- undid my own error — William Hutton
- augmented note — William Hutton
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- supplemented tr and note. — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton