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Headword: Iambizô. Iambizô
Adler number: iota,25
Translated headword: I iambize, I lampoon
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
I iambize [means] I act insolently.[1] For as the iamb [comes] from a short and a long [syllable], so insolence begins from a small action and proceeds to a greater. And Homer [writes]: "[Strife is] small at first."[2]
Greek Original:
Iambizô. Iambizô, to hubrizô. hôs gar ho iambos ek bracheias kai makras, houtô kai hê hubris ex oligou archomenê proeisin epi meizon. kai Homêros: hê t' oligê men ta prôta.
Notes:
[1] Iambic poetry was used for satirical purposes, as by Archilochus. LSJ entry at web address 1.
[2] Homer, Iliad 4.442: web address 2.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; meter and music; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 9 November 2001@22:06:30.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 12 November 2001@03:40:41.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaking) on 8 January 2013@04:44:04.
Catharine Roth (typo, upgraded link) on 24 January 2013@01:28:57.
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