Ξενικοῖς

alien

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝16 Feb 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 38 words
Meaning foreign [ones] and not appropriate;1 because being deceived [is] not native to Hellenes. Or alien, [in the sense of] things said by the foreign ambassadors. Aristophanes [writes]: "having stopped you from being overly deceived by alien words."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξενικοῖς· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀλλοτρίοις καὶ μὴ προσήκουσιν· ὅτι ἀνοίκειον Ἑλλήνων τὸ ἐξαπατᾶσθαι. ἢ ξενικοῖς, τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν ξένων πρέσβεων λεγομένοις. Ἀριστοφάνης· παύσας ὑμᾶς ξενικοῖσι λόγοισι μὴ λίαν ἐξαπατᾶσθαι.

Betacode
*cenikoi=s: a)nti\ tou= a)llotri/ois kai\ mh\ prosh/kousin: o(/ti a)noi/keion *(ellh/nwn to\ e)capata=sqai. h)\ cenikoi=s, toi=s a)po\ tw=n ce/nwn pre/sbewn legome/nois. *)aristofa/nhs: pau/sas u(ma=s cenikoi=si lo/goisi mh\ li/an e)capata=sqai.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Headword and glosses are dative plurals (masculine), because of the quotation which is to follow. For this adjective cf. xi 32, xi 34. ↩
  2. 2Aristophanes, Acharnians 634. The present entry draws on the scholia there. ↩

Neighbouring entries

ξ33Ξενικὸν ἐν Κορίνθῳmercenary-force in Corinthξ34Ξενικόςalienξ35Ξενικοῖςalienξ36Ξένιονguest-giftξ37Ξένιοςhospitable, Hospitable
Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Aug 2007
  1. tweaked headword and tr; augmented notes and keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  3. supplied headword; added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝

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