συρφετός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[anything dragged]] or [[swept together]], [[sweepings]], [[refuse]], [[litter]], <b class="b3">χόρτος καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>606</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>109</span>, Plu.2.97f; <b class="b3">συρφετὸν ἡγεῖσθαί τι</b> ib.811e; σ. ῥημάτων <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.218c</span>; cf. σύρμα <span class="bibl">1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[mixed crowd]], [[mob]], [[rabble]], σ. δούλων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>489c</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ πολλῷ σ</b>. to the many-headed [[mob]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>152c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλθεῖν εἰς τοιοῦτον σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Euphro 10.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>5.173a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of a single person, [[one of the mob]], <b class="b3">οὐ κομψός, ἀλλὰ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>288d</span>:—hence as adjective, of or like the [[mob]], [[vulgar]], <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Epict.</span> p.86</span> D., Sch.Hermog. in <span class="bibl">Rh.4.40</span> W.</span>