Thatton anapnoês: tachion. ê anti tou mallon. ta sitia tês tekousês thatton epipempseien an. hupatou de parontos, thatton ê kata doxan etelesthê to ergon. kai authis: ho de thatton ê phronimôteron encheirein egnô tois logois. kai authis: thatton anapnoês autous epeptuxan kai sunkleisantes katêkontisan. kai authis: hôn thatton an idois tên kardian ê ta en têi kardiai, adunatousês tês glôttês exermêneusai tên gnômên.
[1] The same gloss is used in
Synagoge theta16 and
Photius theta34, and is among the glosses in
Hesychius theta135, for the simple headword
θᾶττον ('more/rather quickly'). Etymologically the two words are equivalent, as comparative adjectives/adverbs formed from the combination of proto-Greek *
θαχ̔ὐ- and the suffix
-ιον the headword being a more ancient formation (in Attic dialect, other dialects having
θᾶσσον ), and the gloss,
ta/xion, a newer coining that is sparsely attested prior to the Common Era. Of the five quotations that follow, only the fourth contains the entire headword phrase. The rest illustrate the use of
qa=tton alone. For other entries involving
θᾶττον /
θᾶσσον see
theta 64,
theta 65 and
theta 66.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 234-5 (web address 1)
[3] Quotation unidentifiable.
[4] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.
[5] Quotation unidentifiable, but quoted more extensively at
pi 1122.
[6]
Synesius,
Dio 5 (PG 66.1125d).
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 17 February 2008@08:14:20.
William Hutton (augmented note 1, typo, added keywords, raised status) on 17 February 2008@08:22:53.
David Whitehead (cosmetic) on 17 February 2008@10:23:40.
William Hutton (removed superfluous word) on 18 February 2008@02:11:33.
