Ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσκαμμένα πηδᾶν
to jump beyond the pits
Translated by David Whitehead15 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those doing something to excess. [Said] because Phayllos jumped beyond the fifty feet [mark] and injured his leg.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσκαμμένα πηδᾶν· ἐπὶ τῶν καθ' ὑπερβολήν τι πραττόντων. διότι ὁ Φάϋλλος ὑπὲρ τοὺς πεντήκοντα πόδας πηδήσας ἐπηρώθη τὸ σκέλος.
Betacode
*(upe\r ta\ e)skamme/na phda=n: e)pi\ tw=n kaq' u(perbolh/n ti pratto/ntwn. dio/ti o( *fa/u+llos u(pe\r tou\s penth/konta po/das phdh/sas e)phrw/qh to\ ske/los.
Notes
- For the proverb see also upsilon 363, and generally phi 144.
Linked from2 entries
- υ363Ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσκαμμέναbeyond the dug-up pit[Meaning] beyond measure. The metaphor [comes] from the pentathletes. The expression is said to have been coined from Phayllos, the pentathlete from Croton. The dug-up pits were previously fifty feet in length and…
- φ144ΦάϋλλοςPhayllos, PhayllusName of a fine runner who won an Olympic victory. Aristophanes [writes]: "when, as still a youth, I prosecuted Phayllos the runner for abusive language and got him convicted by two votes". He was a pentathlete, and the…
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