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Headword: Τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες
Adler number: tau,100
Translated headword: having the ears on the shoulders
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
[They] shaking the head at [the shoulders]; what people who feel faint do.[1]
And elsewhere: "[for some] of those who were effeminate in the ears and corrupt in the mind, [this desire] turned the ineffable secrets of philosophy to comedy and [made them] highly laughable."[2]
Greek Original:
Τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες: ἐπισείοντες τὴν κεφαλήν: ὃ ποιοῦσιν οἱ ἐκλελυμένοι. καὶ αὖθις: τῶν τὰ ὦτα κατεαγότων καὶ διεφθαρμένων τὰς διανοίας εἰς κωμῳδίαν ἐτράπη καὶ γέλωτα τὰ τῆς φιλοσοφίας ἀπόρρητα.
Notes:
[1] Plato, Republic 613C; similarly glossed in Photius and the Etymologicum Genuinum.
[2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.126 Zintzen (77 Asmus); Photius, Bibliotheca 341b.14-17. See also kappa 903, omega 258.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; imagery; medicine; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 4 August 2008@22:43:11.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 5 August 2008@03:20:22.
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