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Headword:
Eikê
rhapsôidei
Adler number: epsiloniota,78
Translated headword: sings at random
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning he/she/it talks nonsense.[1]
"He pretends madness, and says one thing after another randomly and by chance, and no second [word] agreeing with the preceding."[2]
Greek Original:Eikê rhapsôidei: anti tou phluarei. ho de skêptetai manian, kai eikêi kai hôs etuchen alla ep' allois elalei, kai akolouthon tôi proterôi deuteron ouden.
Notes:
For 'at random' (
ei)kh=|) cf.
epsiloniota 76,
epsiloniota 77,
epsiloniota 79. The iota subscript is omitted from the headword here.
[1] The headword phrase is a quasi-proverbial one attested in patristic writers (Basil of
Caesarea, John of Damascus).
[2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests
Aelian.)
Keywords: biography; Christianity; daily life; definition; imagery; medicine; meter and music; proverbs; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 4 May 2005@01:55:01.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 4 May 2005@03:07:02.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 21 March 2011@04:34:37.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 23 November 2012@05:43:30.
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