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Headword:
*diplo/h
Adler number: delta,1260
Translated headword: duplicity
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] that which appears on the outside to be virtue, but inside is full of wickedness. And those who promise friendship, but hand him[1] over to his enemies [sc. are exhibiting duplicity].
The Pisidian [writes]: "the double fold of the cloak fell and hindered your urgent stroke."[2]
The expression is also applied to those devious in their behavior.
Greek Original:*diplo/h: h( e)/cwqen a)reth\ fainome/nh, e)/swqen de\ ge/mousa kaki/as. kai\ oi( fili/an me\n u(pisxnou/menoi, proi+e/menoi de\ au)to\n toi=s polemi/ois. *pisi/dhs: e)pe/sxen u(mw=n th\n bolh\n h)peigme/nhn h( tou= xitw=nos e)mpesou=sa diplo/h. ta/ttetai de\ h( le/cis kai\ e)pi\ tw=n skoliw=n tou\s tro/pous.
Notes:
For this headword see already
delta 1259.
[1] Less oddly, 'the friend' in ps.-
Zonaras. Also plural 'friendships' there. The source of this gloss is unidentifiable.
[2] George of
Pisidia,
Heraclias 3 fr. 47.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 February 2005@21:44:53.
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