It be deceived by the manoeuvring of the words, it be enticed.
Aristophanes [writes]: "[the serpent is] now to overpower [the leather-eagle], unless it be softened with words."[1]
Also [sc. attested is] being softened, [meaning] being deceived.[2]
The headword is aorist passive subjunctive, third person singular, of
θάλπω ('warm', 'melt', 'soften'), drawn from the quotation that follows. Also glossed in the entry is the present middle/passive participle, nominative plural masculine, from the same verb.
[1] From the mock-oracle in
Aristophanes,
Knights 210 (Web address 1), with scholion. The 'leather-eagle' is Kleon (
kappa 1731), here to be politically eclipsed by the seller of serpent-shaped sausages.
[2] See already
theta 26 (q.v. for notes and citations).
William Hutton (augmented notes, added link, raised status) on 28 March 2008@13:07:58.
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