Ὑπερδέα δῆμον
fearless populace
Translated by David Whitehead4 Dec 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one] exceedingly deficient, in effect very much under strength, too deficient.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπερδέα δῆμον· ὑπερβαλλόντως ἐνδεᾶ, οἷον πάνυ ἐλάσσονα κατὰ δύναμιν, τὸν ἄγαν ἐνδεᾶ.
Betacode
*(uperde/a dh=mon: u(perballo/ntws e)ndea=, oi(=on pa/nu e)la/ssona kata\ du/namin, to\n a)/gan e)ndea=.
Notes
- The headword phrase, in the accusative case, is taken from Homer, Iliad 17.330 (in a phrase addressed to Aeneas by the disguised Apollo). It is glossed along similar lines in the scholia there, and in other lexica and grammars; references at Photius upsilon108 Theodoridis. However, deriving
u(perdeh/s like this fromde/omai "I lack" makes a poor fit in the context (unless thekai/ inkai\ u(perde/a dh=mon e)/xontas is concessive: "even if..."), and the etymological link may instead be withde/os "fright" (delta 246), as Eustathius suggests; see LSJ s.v.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Nov 2022
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead