Θυμόσοφος
spirit-wise
Translated by William Hutton20 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who is] easily-taught, natural, gifted.1
Wise as a result of one's own spirit, and not as a result of education.
So this is what they used to call those who were naturally sharp learners.2
Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "anyhow, teach him; he is spirit-wise by nature."3
Wise as a result of one's own spirit, and not as a result of education.
So this is what they used to call those who were naturally sharp learners.2
Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "anyhow, teach him; he is spirit-wise by nature."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θυμόσοφος· εὐμαθής, φυσικός, εὐφυής. ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου θυμοῦ σοφός, καὶ οὐκ ἐκ μαθήσεως. τοὺς οὖν ἐκ φύσεως ὀξυμαθεῖς οὕτως ἐκάλουν. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· ἀμέλει, δίδασκε· θυμόσοφός ἐστι φύσει.
Betacode
*qumo/sofos: eu)maqh/s, fusiko/s, eu)fuh/s. e)k tou= i)di/ou qumou= sofo/s, kai\ ou)k e)k maqh/sews. tou\s ou)=n e)k fu/sews o)cumaqei=s ou(/tws e)ka/loun. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: a)me/lei, di/daske: qumo/sofo/s e)sti fu/sei.
Notes (3)
- For this headword cf. already epsilon 576. Much of the material in this entry has parallels in scholia to the Aristophanes passage quoted: see n. 3 below.
- 1= Synagoge theta134; Photius, Lexicon theta269 (where Theodoridis obelizes
fusiko/s , following those who prefer to see an adverb here); cf. Hesychius theta895. ↩ - 2cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 3.22. ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Clouds 877 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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- Translated — William Hutton