Ὑπὸ μάλης
under arm
Translated by David Whitehead20 Mar 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] under armpit. The word occurs in the [sc. Attic] orators; and they always deploy it with the preposition; as [for instance] Demosthenes in the [speech] In Reply to Aphobos: "and what is more, not [merely] one or two people know these things, nor was the challenge made under arm but in the middle of the agora with many present".1 Also Lysias in the [speech] In Reply to Kleinias: "since many were asleep, having equipped himself with as many bronze vessels as possible he took [them] out under arm, with a sword".2 Thus the singular [is used] with a preposition. Many others also [use] the plural 'armpits', including Lysias in a letter: "and [he had] fine hair but shaggy armpits".3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπὸ μάλης· ὑπὸ μασχάλης. κεῖται δὲ τὸ ὄνομα παρὰ τοῖς ῥήτορσιν· ἀεὶ δ' οὕτως αὐτὸ παραλαμβάνουσι μετὰ τῆς προθέσεως· ὡς Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ πρὸς Ἄφοβον· ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐχ εἷς οὐδὲ δύο ταῦτ' ἴσασιν, οὐδ' ὑπὸ μάλης ἡ πρόκλησις γέγονεν, ἀλλ' ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ μέσῃ πολλῶν παρόντων. καὶ Λυσίας ἐν τῷ πρὸς Κλεινίαν· ἐπειδὴ πάντες κατέδαρθον, ἐσκευασμένος τῶν χαλκωμάτων, ὅσα οἷός τ' ἦν πλεῖστα, ὑπὸ μάλης λαβὼν ἐξήγαγε, ξίφος ἔχων. καὶ τὸ μὲν ἑνικὸν οὕτω μετὰ τῆς προθέσεως. τὸ δὲ πληθυντικὸν μασχάλας καὶ ἄλλοι πλεῖστοι, καὶ Λυσίας ἐν ἐπιστολῇ· καὶ τὴν μὲν κόμην ψιλήν, τὰς δὲ μασχάλας δασείας.
Betacode
*(upo\ ma/lhs: u(po\ masxa/lhs. kei=tai de\ to\ o)/noma para\ toi=s r(h/torsin: a)ei\ d' ou(/tws au)to\ paralamba/nousi meta\ th=s proqe/sews: w(s *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| pro\s *)/afobon: a)lla\ mh\n ou)x ei(=s ou)de\ du/o tau=t' i)/sasin, ou)d' u(po\ ma/lhs h( pro/klhsis ge/gonen, a)ll' e)n th=| a)gora=| me/sh| pollw=n paro/ntwn. kai\ *lusi/as e)n tw=| pro\s *kleini/an: e)peidh\ pa/ntes kate/darqon, e)skeuasme/nos tw=n xalkwma/twn, o(/sa oi(=o/s t' h)=n plei=sta, u(po\ ma/lhs labw\n e)ch/gage, ci/fos e)/xwn. kai\ to\ me\n e(niko\n ou(/tw meta\ th=s proqe/sews. to\ de\ plhquntiko\n masxa/las kai\ a)/lloi plei=stoi, kai\ *lusi/as e)n e)pistolh=|: kai\ th\n me\n ko/mhn yilh/n, ta\s de\ masxa/las dasei/as.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead