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Headword: *eu)para/gwgos
Adler number: epsilon,3636
Translated headword: easily led-astray
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] easily-persuaded. Aristophanes [writes]: "but you [Demos] are easily led-astray, rejoicing in being flattered and deceived, always listening with mouth gaping to the one speaking. Your mind is abroad while here."[1]
And elsewhere: "he was rather easily-satisfied and, on account of care for strong drink, easily led-astray."[2]
Greek Original:
*eu)para/gwgos: eu)peiqh/s. *)aristofa/nhs: a)ll' eu)para/gwgos ei)= qwpeuo/meno/s te xai/reis ka)capatw/menos, pro\s to/n te le/gonta a)ei\ ke/xhnas: o( nou=s de/ sou parw\n a)podhmei=. kai\ au)=qis: o( de\ eu)kolw/teros h)=n kai\ dia\ mele/thn me/qhs eu)para/gwgos.
Notes:
[1] Aristophanes, Knights 1115-1120 (web address 1) with scholion; cf. pi 717.
[2] Eunapius fr.76 FHG (4.48); cf. lambda 268.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; ethics; food; historiography; history; politics; rhetoric
Translated by: Ryan Stone on 4 February 2008@21:26:56.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added note, link, and keywords; set status) on 5 February 2008@01:47:01.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 5 February 2008@03:24:39.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 8 November 2012@05:21:36.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation, added a keyword) on 18 February 2018@20:19:38.
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