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Headword:
Ψηνίζω
Adler number: psi,72
Translated headword: I caprify, I impregnate
Vetting Status: low
Translation: [There is] also a proverb: "No long-haired man [i.e. aristocrat] is not caprified."[1] Ὅστις οὔ ['who is not']: "See that you yourself fit the very end to the sound of the trimeter. I for my part will not utter that dreadful matter and word."[2]
Greek Original:Ψηνίζω. καὶ παροιμία: οὐδεὶς κομήτης ὅστις οὐ ψηνίζεται. ὅστις οὔ. τὸ δὲ ἀκροτελεύτιον αὐτὸς σὺ πρὸς τὴν ἠχὼ τοῦ τριμέτρου συνάρμοσον. οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγε φθέγξομαι τὸ δεινὸν ἐκεῖνο καὶ πρᾶγμα καὶ ὄνομα.
Notes:
See also under
kappa 1996 (esp. the commentary there), and
omicron 821.
[1] Comica Adespota fr.12 Kock (with variants of the verb at 13 and 14);
Synesius,
Epistle 104, 244a v.20.
[2]
Synesius,
Praise of Baldness PG 66.1204c, making a pun on
ψηνός "bald" (
psi 73) and
ψήν "gall-insect" (
psi 71).
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 23 December 2005@17:18:43.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (rearranged notes; added more keywords; cosmetics) on 29 December 2005@02:32:20.
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