Ὑηνεῖς
you are acting the pig, you are acting the swine
Translated by Ioannis Doukas19 Jul 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑηνεῖς· ῥῆμα. ὑεικόν τι καὶ ζῳῶδες ποιεῖς. καὶ ὑηνῶν θρεμμάτων· ζήτει ἄνω.
Betacode
*(uhnei=s: r(h=ma. u(eiko/n ti kai\ zw|w=des poiei=s. kai\ u(hnw=n qremma/twn: zh/tei a)/nw.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise in Photius (upsilon35 Theodoridis), from Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. The headword -- second person singular, present indicative active, of the verb
u(hne/w -- is quoted from Plato, Theaetetus 166C (web address 1); the glossing is from the corresponding scholia. (See also Etymologicum Magnum s.v.) Reportedly the verb also occurs assuhnei=n , in Pherecrates: see sigma 1318. ↩ - 2From Plato, Laws 819D (web address 2); see under upsilon 77 and upsilon 81. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- υ77Ὑεικόνswinish[Meaning something] appropriate to a pig, the work of a swine. It is said that Socrates, in the presence of many others and Euthydemus himself, said that "Critias might seem to suffer from something swinish, wanting to…
- υ81Ὑηνῶνof swinish [ones][Meaning] of awkward and unlearned [ones]. Also [sc. attested is the nominative singular] u(hneu/s ["porky"], [also meaning] one who is awkward.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 9 Nov 2022
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, cross-reference, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas