Lucian, Soleocista, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 1

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Purist

I think I may say so.

Lycinus

I suppose one must be blunder-proof, to detect the man who is not so?

Purist

Assuredly.

Lycinus

Do I understand that you are proof?

Purist

How could I call myself educated, if I made blunders at my age?

Lycinus

Well, shall you be able to detect a culprit, and convict him if he denies it?

Purist

Of course I shall.

Lycinus

Catch me out, then; I will make one just now.

Purist

Say on.

Lycinus

Why, the deed is done, and you have missed it.

Purist

You are joking, of course?

Lycinus

No, upon my honour. The blunder is made, and you none the wiser. Well, try again; but you are not infallible on these sort of things.

Purist

Well?

Lycinus

Again, the blunder made, and you unconscious.

Purist

How can that be, before you have opened your lips?

Lycinus

Oh yes, I opened them, and to a blunder; but you never see them. I quite doubt you seeing this one even.

Soleocista. Lucian. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.

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The Purist Purized (English) (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.)

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Ψευδοσοφιστής ἢ Σολοικιστής Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 3. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1913.) — 1 focus

Λυκῖνος

Ἆρά γε ὁ γνῶναι τὸν σολοικίζοντα δεινὸς οὗτος καὶ φυλάξασθαι μὴ σολοικίσαι δυνατός;

Σολοικιστής

Ἐμοὶ μὲν δοκεῖ.

v.2.p.553

Λυκῖνος

Ὁ δέ γε μὴ φυλάξασθαι οὐδὲ γνῶναι τὸν οὕτως ἔχοντα;

Σολοικιστής

Ἀληθῆ λὲγεις.

Λυκῖνος

Σὺ δὲ αὐτὸς φὴς οὐ σολοικίζειν, ἢ πῶς λέγωμεν περὶ σοῦ;

Σολοικιστής

Ἀπαίδευτος γὰρ ἂν εἴην, εἰ σολοικίζοιμι τηλικοῦτος ὤν.

Λυκῖνος

Οὐκοῦν καὶ ἕτερον φωρᾶσαι δυνήσῃ τοῦτο δρῶντα καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὸν ἀρνούμενον;

Σολοικιστής

Παντάπασί γε.

Λυκῖνος

Ἴθι νῦν ἐμοῦ λαβοῦ σολοικίζοντος, ἄρτι δὲ σολοικιῶ.

Σολοικιστής

Οὐκοῦν εἰπέ.

Λυκῖνος

Ἀλλ’ ἔγωγε ἤδη τὸ δεινὸν εἴργασμαι, σὺ δὲ οὐκ ἐπέγνως.

Σολοικιστής

Παίζεις ἔχων;

Λυκῖνος

Μὰ τοὺς θεούς· ἐπεὶ σολοικίσας ἔλαθόν σε ὡς οὐκ ἐπιστάμενού. αὖθις δὲ σκόπει· οὐ γάρ σέ φημι v.2.p.554 δύνασθαι κατανοῆσαι, ἐπεὶ ἃ μέν οἶσθ̓, ἃ δ’ οὐκ οἶσθα.

Σολοικιστής

Εἰπὲ μόνον.

Λυκῖνος

Ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν σεσολοίκισταί μοι, σὺ δ’ οὐκ ἔγνως.

Σολοικιστής

Πῶς γάρ, σοῦ μηδὲν λέγοντος;

Λυκῖνος

Ἐγὼ μὲν λέγω καὶ σολοικίζω, σὺ δ’ οὐχ ἕπῃ τοῦτο δρῶντι· ἐπεὶ ὄφελον καὶ νῦν ἀκολουθῆσαι δυνήσῃ.

Lucian Soleocista 1

Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator)

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Lycinus

Are you the man whose scent is so keen for a blunder, and who is himself blunder-proof?

Purist

I think I may say so.

Lycinus

I suppose one must be blunder-proof, to detect the man who is not so?

Purist

Assuredly.

Lycinus

Do I understand that you are proof?

Purist

How could I call myself educated, if I made blunders at my age?

Lycinus

Well, shall you be able to detect a culprit, and convict him if he denies it?

Purist

Of course I shall.

Lycinus

Catch me out, then; I will make one just now.

Purist

Say on.

Lycinus

Why, the deed is done, and you have missed it.

Purist

You are joking, of course?

Lycinus

No, upon my honour. The blunder is made, and you none the wiser. Well, try again; but you are not infallible on these sort of things.

Purist

Well?

Lycinus

Again, the blunder made, and you unconscious.

Purist

How can that be, before you have opened your lips?

Lycinus

Oh yes, I opened them, and to a blunder; but you never see them. I quite doubt you seeing this one even.

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Λυκῖνος

Ἆρά γε ὁ γνῶναι τὸν σολοικίζοντα δεινὸς οὗτος καὶ φυλάξασθαι μὴ σολοικίσαι δυνατός;

Σολοικιστής

Ἐμοὶ μὲν δοκεῖ.

v.2.p.553

Λυκῖνος

Ὁ δέ γε μὴ φυλάξασθαι οὐδὲ γνῶναι τὸν οὕτως ἔχοντα;

Σολοικιστής

Ἀληθῆ λὲγεις.

Λυκῖνος

Σὺ δὲ αὐτὸς φὴς οὐ σολοικίζειν, ἢ πῶς λέγωμεν περὶ σοῦ;

Σολοικιστής

Ἀπαίδευτος γὰρ ἂν εἴην, εἰ σολοικίζοιμι τηλικοῦτος ὤν.

Λυκῖνος

Οὐκοῦν καὶ ἕτερον φωρᾶσαι δυνήσῃ τοῦτο δρῶντα καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὸν ἀρνούμενον;

Σολοικιστής

Παντάπασί γε.

Λυκῖνος

Ἴθι νῦν ἐμοῦ λαβοῦ σολοικίζοντος, ἄρτι δὲ σολοικιῶ.

Σολοικιστής

Οὐκοῦν εἰπέ.

Λυκῖνος

Ἀλλ’ ἔγωγε ἤδη τὸ δεινὸν εἴργασμαι, σὺ δὲ οὐκ ἐπέγνως.

Σολοικιστής

Παίζεις ἔχων;

Σολοικιστής

Εἰπὲ μόνον.

Λυκῖνος

Ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν σεσολοίκισταί μοι, σὺ δ’ οὐκ ἔγνως.

Σολοικιστής

Πῶς γάρ, σοῦ μηδὲν λέγοντος;

Λυκῖνος

Ἐγὼ μὲν λέγω καὶ σολοικίζω, σὺ δ’ οὐχ ἕπῃ τοῦτο δρῶντι· ἐπεὶ ὄφελον καὶ νῦν ἀκολουθῆσαι δυνήσῃ.

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Lycinus Are you the man whose scent is so keen for a blunder, and who is himself blunder-proof?

Purist I think I may say so.

Lycinus I suppose one must be blunder-proof, to detect the man who is not so?

Purist Assuredly.

Lycinus Do I understand that you are proof?

Purist How could I call myself educated, if I made blunders at my age?

Lycinus Well, shall you be able to detect a culprit, and convict him if he denies it?

Purist Of course I shall.

Lycinus Catch me out, then; I will make one just now.

Purist Say on.

Lycinus Why, the deed is done, and you have missed it.

Purist You are joking, of course?

Lycinus No, upon my honour. The blunder is made, and you none the wiser. Well, try again; but you are not infallible on these sort of things.

Purist Well?

Lycinus Again, the blunder made, and you unconscious.

Purist How can that be, before you have opened your lips?

Lycinus Oh yes, I opened them, and to a blunder; but you never see them. I quite doubt you seeing this one even.

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Λυκῖνος Ἆρά γε ὁ γνῶναι τὸν σολοικίζοντα δεινὸς οὗτος καὶ φυλάξασθαι μὴ σολοικίσαι δυνατός;

Σολοικιστής Ἐμοὶ μὲν δοκεῖ. v.2.p.553

Λυκῖνος Ὁ δέ γε μὴ φυλάξασθαι οὐδὲ γνῶναι τὸν οὕτως ἔχοντα;

Σολοικιστής Ἀληθῆ λὲγεις.

Λυκῖνος Σὺ δὲ αὐτὸς φὴς οὐ σολοικίζειν, ἢ πῶς λέγωμεν περὶ σοῦ;

Σολοικιστής Ἀπαίδευτος γὰρ ἂν εἴην, εἰ σολοικίζοιμι τηλικοῦτος ὤν.

Λυκῖνος Οὐκοῦν καὶ ἕτερον φωρᾶσαι δυνήσῃ τοῦτο δρῶντα καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὸν ἀρνούμενον;

Σολοικιστής Παντάπασί γε.

Λυκῖνος Ἴθι νῦν ἐμοῦ λαβοῦ σολοικίζοντος, ἄρτι δὲ σολοικιῶ.

Σολοικιστής Οὐκοῦν εἰπέ.

Λυκῖνος Ἀλλ’ ἔγωγε ἤδη τὸ δεινὸν εἴργασμαι, σὺ δὲ οὐκ ἐπέγνως.

Σολοικιστής Παίζεις ἔχων;

Σολοικιστής Εἰπὲ μόνον.

Λυκῖνος Ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν σεσολοίκισταί μοι, σὺ δ’ οὐκ ἔγνως.

Σολοικιστής Πῶς γάρ, σοῦ μηδὲν λέγοντος;

Λυκῖνος Ἐγὼ μὲν λέγω καὶ σολοικίζω, σὺ δ’ οὐχ ἕπῃ τοῦτο δρῶντι· ἐπεὶ ὄφελον καὶ νῦν ἀκολουθῆσαι δυνήσῃ.

Stable identifiers

Lycinus

Are you the man whose scent is so keen for a blunder, and who is himself blunder-proof?

Purist

I think I may say so.

Lycinus

I suppose one must be blunder-proof, to detect the man who is not so?

Purist

Assuredly.

Lycinus

Do I understand that you are proof?

Purist

How could I call myself educated, if I made blunders at my age?

Lycinus

Well, shall you be able to detect a culprit, and convict him if he denies it?

Purist

Of course I shall.

Lycinus

Catch me out, then; I will make one just now.

Purist

Say on.

Lycinus

Why, the deed is done, and you have missed it.

Purist

You are joking, of course?

Lycinus

No, upon my honour. The blunder is made, and you none the wiser. Well, try again; but you are not infallible on these sort of things.

Purist

Well?

Lycinus

Again, the blunder made, and you unconscious.

Purist

How can that be, before you have opened your lips?

Lycinus

Oh yes, I opened them, and to a blunder; but you never see them. I quite doubt you seeing this one even.

Λυκῖνος

Ἆρά γε ὁ γνῶναι τὸν σολοικίζοντα δεινὸς οὗτος καὶ φυλάξασθαι μὴ σολοικίσαι δυνατός;

Σολοικιστής

Ἐμοὶ μὲν δοκεῖ.

v.2.p.553

Λυκῖνος

Ὁ δέ γε μὴ φυλάξασθαι οὐδὲ γνῶναι τὸν οὕτως ἔχοντα;

Σολοικιστής

Ἀληθῆ λὲγεις.

Λυκῖνος

Σὺ δὲ αὐτὸς φὴς οὐ σολοικίζειν, ἢ πῶς λέγωμεν περὶ σοῦ;

Σολοικιστής

Ἀπαίδευτος γὰρ ἂν εἴην, εἰ σολοικίζοιμι τηλικοῦτος ὤν.

Λυκῖνος

Οὐκοῦν καὶ ἕτερον φωρᾶσαι δυνήσῃ τοῦτο δρῶντα καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὸν ἀρνούμενον;

Σολοικιστής

Παντάπασί γε.

Λυκῖνος

Ἴθι νῦν ἐμοῦ λαβοῦ σολοικίζοντος, ἄρτι δὲ σολοικιῶ.

Σολοικιστής

Οὐκοῦν εἰπέ.

Λυκῖνος

Ἀλλ’ ἔγωγε ἤδη τὸ δεινὸν εἴργασμαι, σὺ δὲ οὐκ ἐπέγνως.

Σολοικιστής

Παίζεις ἔχων;

Σολοικιστής

Εἰπὲ μόνον.

Λυκῖνος

Ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν σεσολοίκισταί μοι, σὺ δ’ οὐκ ἔγνως.

Σολοικιστής

Πῶς γάρ, σοῦ μηδὲν λέγοντος;

Λυκῖνος

Ἐγὼ μὲν λέγω καὶ σολοικίζω, σὺ δ’ οὐχ ἕπῃ τοῦτο δρῶντι· ἐπεὶ ὄφελον καὶ νῦν ἀκολουθῆσαι δυνήσῃ.