Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for gamma,226 in Adler number:
Greek display:    

Headword: *ghgenei=s
Adler number: gamma,226
Translated headword: earth-born (ones)
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] wan and corpse-like [ones]. Or impious and god-battling [ones], because of the Giants. Thus Aristophanes accuses philosophers in Clouds: "did you learn these clever things by going to the earth-born ones?"[1] Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "by an earth-born gust", meaning one great enough that it makes earthquakes; for [it was] an ancient supposition that the earth quaked when seized by winds. Aristophanes [sc. uses the phrase].[2]
Also called "earth-born ones" are those who think earthly thoughts.
Greek Original:
*ghgenei=s: w)xrou\s kai\ nekrw/deis. h)\ a)sebei=s kai\ qeoma/xous, dia\ tou\s *gi/gantas. ou(/tw diaba/llei tou\s filoso/fous *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: tau=t' e)/maqes ta\ decia\ ei)/sw parelqw\n para\ tou\s ghgenei=s; kai\, *ghgenei= fush/mati, a)nti\ tou= mega/lw| w(/ste seismou\s poiei=n: a)rxai/a ga\r u(po/noia to\ u(po\ pneuma/twn katexome/nhn sei/esqai th\n gh=n. *)aristofa/nhs. le/gontai kai\ *ghgenei=s, oi( ta\ gh/i+na fronou=ntes.
Notes:
The headword is accusative plural, extracted from the quotation given.
cf. generally gamma 225.
[1] Aristophanes, Clouds 852-3 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there.
[2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 825, where this phrase does occur. See also sigma 291.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; mythology; philosophy; science and technology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 June 2003@00:51:51.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added keyword; cosmetics) on 6 June 2003@03:39:47.
David Whitehead (another x-ref; more keywords; tweaking) on 7 June 2012@04:52:19.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation, upgraded link) on 8 September 2012@23:24:43.
David Whitehead on 28 September 2015@03:31:29.

Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)

No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search