καὶ ἄνδρα ἔντοσθεν ἀεροβατοῦντα, ἵνα γε προσχάνοι αὐτῷ πολὺς
ὄχλος ὡς ἐπισκεψομένῳ δῆθεν τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ἐν τῇ σελήνῃ,
and a man inside, sailing through the air, that he might
make a rabble of people stare at him, as one going to pay
a visit to the man in the moon.
ὦ τῆς μωρίας, O what folly!
μωρὸς μωρὸν θαυμάζει, fool admires fool.
καταβαίνοντα αὐτὸν σφοδρότερος αἰφνιδίως ἁρπάσας ἄνεμος
παρήνεγκε εἰς τὸ κωδωνοστάσιον τοῦ μεγάλου ἱεροῦ τῶν ἐπισκοπικῶν,
καὶ ὁ ἀλεκτρυὼν ὁ ἐν τῷ ἄκρῳ διεκέντησε τὰ ἐντόσθια,
as he was coming down a strong blast suddenly seized him
and drove him on to the steeple of the cathedral, and the
cock on the top of the steeple pierced his bowels.
ὦ τοῦ δειλαίου, O the poor wretch!
ὦ τοῦ ἄφρονος· δίκαια ἔπαθεν· ἀεροβατεῖν δεῖ τὰς ὄρνῑθας
τὸν αἰθέρα, οὐ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους,
O the fool! served him right!
birds ought to tread the air, not men.
English Affinities
Mathematics. Homologate. Orchestra. Ode. Agony. Theatre. Acrobat. Ochlocracy. Sceptic. Ornithology. Fugitive. Hypnotism. Pathology. Ether.
LESSON XV
The Particle ἄν