Saturday, July 23, 2022
Wicked
Plato, Phaedo 115e (tr. Reginald Hackforth):
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Then turning to Crito, 'My best of friends,' he continued, 'I would assure you that misuse of language is not only distasteful in itself, but actually harmful to the soul.'πλημμελής = out of tune, off-key, hence inappropriate, harmful, outrageous, from πλήν + μέλος.
εὖ γὰρ ἴσθι, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, ὦ ἄριστε Κρίτων, τὸ μὴ καλῶς λέγειν οὐ μόνον εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο πλημμελές, ἀλλὰ καὶ κακόν τι ἐμποιεῖ ταῖς ψυχαῖς.
