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Headword:
*)apo/spondon
Adler number: alpha,3542
Translated headword: implacable
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] inimical, hated.
The Pisidian [writes]: "setting aside their disgusting drunkenness and all the filthiness of foreign songs."[1]
Greek Original:*)apo/spondon: e)xqra\n, mishth/n. *pisi/dhs: tau/thn a)fe/ntes th\n a)po/spondon me/qhn kai\ pa=san i)lu\n a)llofu/lwn a)|sma/twn.
Notes:
The very rare headword adjective is described in LSJ s.v. as a 'stronger form' of
a)/spondos, for which see
alpha 4214. This is its masculine/feminine accusative singular, presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] George of
Pisidia,
Heraclias 3 fr. 39 Tartaglia. Tartaglia notes (233, n.92) that in fragments 37-40 the Pisidian is concerned with illustrating the vices of the Persians, evidently to contrast them with the virtues of Heraclius (cf.
eta 465) and his men. See related entries at
beta 57,
epsilon 1367, and
pi 2777.
L. Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; food; meter and music; poetry
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 June 2001@19:51:29.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 22 August 2002@04:41:43.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 5 April 2012@07:29:48.
Catharine Roth (tweaked reference) on 26 November 2014@23:31:08.
David Whitehead on 27 November 2014@02:48:32.
Ronald Allen (tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth) on 8 August 2025@11:38:07.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography and cross-reference) on 9 August 2025@12:45:28.
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