Type 3540
(formerly typ/1654)
| Νητρεκές, ὥσπερ ἔοικεν, ἐφήσαντο θέσπιν ἀϋτὴν | |
| Δαβίδης Σολομὼν πολυγνώμων, ποικιλομήτης, | |
| ὡς κραδίη συνετὴ σὴς ὀστέα εἰλαπινάζων. | |
| Καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ, φιλότης, πλεόνεσσί τε κηδοσύνῃσιν | |
| ἧτορ ἐμὸν κατέδαψα ῥαθυμοτόκοις μελεδώναις | |
| σπερχόμενος σοφίης περιώσια τέρμαθ᾽ ἱκέσθαι. | |
| Βουλομένῳ δὲ βίβλους ὁκόσας χρέος ἦεν ἀγεῖραι | |
| ὄλβος ἀπῆν. Ἔγραφον δὲ κατ᾽ ἠῶ εὐφρονέην τε | |
| συννεχέως, ὁτὲ μὲν τὰ μαθήματα, ἄλλοτε βίβλους | |
| εὐφρονέως μελέδαινον ἐπεξιέναι φιλοτίμως. | |
| Ἔσθ᾽ ὅτε καὶ ὁμοεργον ἐπεζήτειν φιλέοντα | |
| ἀντιάαν· ἐξ ὧν ἐνυπάρχει ὁ προκατάρξας | |
| βίβλου ἡμετέρης ἑτάρων ὁ φιλαίτατος ἄλλων | |
| Πάτροκλον, ὃν φιλέεσκον ἄριστά τε κυδαίνεσκον. |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Scribe-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dactylic hexameter |
| Tag(s) | Address to the reader |
| Translation(s) |
Vere, ut videtur, dixit divinam vocem Davides Salomon multarum-rerum-peritus, versutusque mentem scientem vermiculum esse ossa epulantem. Etenim ego, amice, pluribusque sollicitudinibus cor meum et voravi desidiam-parientibus curis festinans sapientiae summos adire terminos. Volentique libros quot usus erat colligere deerant opes; scribebam autem dies noctesque continuo; modo mathematicorum-theoremata, modo libros bona-mente-utens studebam exsequi ambitiose. Erat et quando ejusdem-rei operatorem cupiebam amantem invenire: ut est qui ante me incepit librum nostrum sodalibus amicior ceteris Patroclus, quem diligebam, optimeque honorabam. |
| Comment | = Anth. Gr. Append. III.288 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined |
| Number of verses | 14 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[19465] νητρεκὲς ὥσπερ ἔοικεν, ἐφήσατο θέσπιν ἀυτην
[10th c.]
FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 69, Cod. 22 [10th c.] (f. 37v) (14 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 486: "Versus tamquam ex persona librarii ad legentes librum" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3540 |
Last modified: 2019-06-13.
