Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 31670

	Πολλοὶ μέγα γράφουσι, πλὴν κακῶς τόδε·
	ἐκ ῥήματος γὰρ οὐδὲ τῶν παρωνύμων.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 118
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Grammar
Tag(s)	Correction Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Molti lo scrivono con omega (scil. Ἀλκμαιων-), ma fanno male: viene infatti da un verbo, non è uno dei paronyma (denominativi). Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 118
Bibliography	Primary K. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 354
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[31674] πολλοὶ, μ(έ)γ(α) γρ(άφουσ)ι πλ(ὴν) κακ(ῶς), τόδε [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 234v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 634: "Ioann. Tzetzes*, Scholium in Thucydidem (6.59.4)"
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Last modified: 2020-08-27.