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Headword: Σαράπους
Adler number: sigma,118
Translated headword: splay-foot
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
This is what Alkaios used to call Pittakos the philosopher, because he was flat-footed and dragged [surein] both his feet [sc. when walking]; also chap-foot because he had sores, which they called chaps, on his feet; and braggart, because he was always bragging; and paunch and potbelly, because he was stout - besides diner-in-secret, because he used no lamps; and drag-along, because he was untidy and dirty.
Greek Original:
Σαράπους: οὕτως ἐκάλει Ἀλκαῖος Πιττακὸν τὸν φιλόσοφον διὰ τὸ πλατύπουν εἶναι καὶ σύρειν τὼ πόδε: χειροπόδην δὲ διὰ τὰς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶ ῥαγάδας, ἃς χειράδας ἐκάλουν: γαύρικά τε, ὡς εἰκῆ γαυριῶντα: φύσκωνα δὲ καὶ γάστρωνα, διότι παχὺς ἦν: ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ Ζοφοδορπίδα, ὡς ἄλυχνον: ἀγασύραστον δέ, ὡς ἐπισεσυρμένον καὶ ῥυπαρόν.
Note:
From Diogenes Laertius 1.81. For Pittakos, tyrant of Mytilene, see generally pi 1658, pi 1659; for his tormentor Alkaios see generally OCD(3) 51, s.v. Alcaeus(1). The Suda conflates this Alkaios with another of the same name at alpha 1274.
Keywords: biography; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; medicine; philosophy; poetry; politics
Translated by: David Whitehead on 31 October 2001@04:42:18.
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Catharine Roth (augmented note, set status) on 28 November 2004@22:37:38.
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