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*)ama/qhtos
Adler number: alpha,1470
Translated headword: ignorant, simple
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] untaught.[1]
"Justinus was ignorant of letters altogether and was, in a word, unlettered".[2]
Also, "you are ignorant and idle and have not even treaded Aesop".[3] In reference to idiots. The [verb]
path=sai ["to tread"] [is] equivalent to to be familiar with; just as we speak of "arriving" somewhere. And again
Aristophanes [writes]: "speak in a simpler and clearer way". From the proverb, "talk to me more clearly and more simply."[4]
Greek Original:*)ama/qhtos: a)di/daktos. o( de\ *)iousti=nos a)ma/qhtos h)=n gramma/twn a(pa/ntwn kai\ to\ dh\ lego/menon a)nalfa/bhtos. kai\, a)maqh\s e)/fus kou) polupra/gmwn ou)de\ to\n *ai)/swpon pepa/thkas. e)pi\ tw=n i)diwtw=n. to\ de\ path=sai i)=so/n e)sti tw=| e)ndiatri/yai: w(s to\ a)fike/sqai pou le/gomen. kai\ au)=qis *)aristofa/nhs: a)maqe/stero/n pws ei)pe\ kai\ safe/steron. para\ th\n paroimi/an, safe/stero/n moi ka)maqe/steron fra/son.
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Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; definition; ethics; historiography; history; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 12 June 2000@10:37:07.
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