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Headword: Thalattokopeis
Adler number: theta,11
Translated headword: you are sea-slapping
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] you are talking idly.[1]
[Meaning] you are disturbed,[2] you are confused. [The term is derived] from the sea, since, when it is disturbed by the winds, the waves dash against each other.
The patriarch Nicephorus' interpretation of a dream:[3] to see the sea smiling [is] good. Roaring of the sea shows turmoil in one's affairs. Swimming of [= in] a wild sea shows troubles. Swimming of [= in] in a calm sea [means] the dream [is] good.[4]
Greek Original:
Thalattokopeis: mataiologeis. tarattêi, thorubêi. apo tês thalattês, ê hotan hupo anemôn tarachthêi, allêlois sunkrouei ta kumata. lusis oneirou Nikêphorou patriarchou: thalattan idein meidiôsan eutheton. phloisbos thalassês pragmatôn dêloi klonon. nêxis thalassês agrias dêloi lupas. nêxis thalassês hêmerou tonar kalon.
Notes:
The lemma qalattokopei=s comes from Aristophanes, Knights 830 (web address 1). For the verb, see also Libanius Declamationes 26.1.18, and mu 768 and pi 1712.
[1] This first gloss is also in Hesychius and Photius under the same lemma.
[2] The material from this tara/tth| through to ku/mata (i.e. the end of the entry's second paragraph) appears to derive from the scholia to the Aristophanic line already cited: ti/ tara/tth| kai\ qorubh|=; e)/labe de\ th\n xrh=sin tou= o)no/matos a)po\ th=s qala/tths. e)peida\n ga\r u(po\ sfodrote/rwn a)ne/mwn taraxqh|= ta\ ku/mata, a)llh/lois sugkrou/ousin.
[3] For this reference to dream-interpretation(s) by the patriarch Nicephorus, cf. beta 351, kappa 1663, mu 302, pi 1841, sigma 133, sigma 1129, tau 1036, omicroniota 134, upsilon 49. They all come from a collection of 101 iambic verses which are usually attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251). The name Astrampsychus may well be an alias or a misguided assimilation to the (similarly dubiously-named) author of the Sortes Astrampsychi or Oracles of Astrampsychus (4th cent. AD), which enjoyed popularity with both pagan and Christian audiences--see Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2001.10.04 (web address 2), and further, next note.
[4] Four verses of iambic trimeter--with faulty scansion of i)dei=n--from the dream interpretations attributed to this Astrampsychus start with qa/lattan. For a Greek text and Latin translation of the 101 verses of Astrampsychus, see C.B. Hase 1823, pp. 395-412 (web address 3).
Reference:
Hase, C. B., & Lycosthenes, C. 1823: Valerii Maximi De dictis factisque memorabilibus et Julii Obsequentis de prodigiis cum supplementis Conradi Lycostheni et selectis eruditorum notis. vol. II, pt. 2. Paris
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Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; dreams; imagery
Translated by: Abram Ring on 10 February 2008@16:36:20.
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David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 11 February 2008@03:48:42.
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