ἐσθ' ὁ πλοῦς

Κόρινθος, ὁ and ἡ, Corinth, the city and country, ἀφνειὸς K. Il.2.570, Pi.Fr.122.2; ὀφρυόεντα K. Orac. ap. Hdt.5.92.β, cf. Plb.4.67.8, Str.8.6.20; but ἡ K. Hdt.3.50, Th.1.25, etc.; εὐδαίμων K. Hdt.3.52; famed for its luxury and extravagance, whence prov. οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς εἰς K.

A

ἐσθ' ὁ πλοῦς Ar.Fr. 902a

.

II son of Zeus, reputed founder of Corinth, Paus.2.1.1: prov., Διὸς Κόρινθος, used of persons who are always repeating the same old story, Pi.N.7.105, cf. Ar.Ra. 443, Ec. 828, Pl.Euthd. 292e.

III Adv. [full] Κορινθόθι, at Corinth, Il. 13.664; [full] Κορινθόθεν, from C., Michel 1087 (Olympia, V B.C.).

ἀνήρ, ὁ, ἀνδρός, ἀνδρί, ἄνδρα, voc. ἄνερ: pl. ἄνδρες, -δρῶν, -δράσι [pron. full] [ᾰ], -dras: [dialect] Aeol. dat. pl.

A

ἄνδρεσι Alc.Supp.14.8

: late nom. sg.

ἄνδρας Cat.Cod.Astr.7.109.7

: in [dialect] Att. the Art. often forms a crasis with the Noun, ἁνήρ for ὁ ἀνήρ, τἀνδρός, τἀνδρί for τοῦ ἀνδρός, etc., ἅνδρες for οἱ ἄνδρες; the [dialect] Ion. crasis is ὡνήρ, ὧνδρες, Hdt.4.161, 134: [dialect] Ep. also ἀνέρα, ἀνέρος, ἀνέρι, dual ἀνέρε, pl. ἀνέρες, ἀνέρας, ἄνδρεσσι. [[dialect] Ep. Poets mostly use [pron. full] ᾱ in arsi, [pron. full] ᾰ in thesi; but in trisyll. forms with stem ἀνέρ- always ᾱ; so also Trag. in lyr., S.Tr. 1011, OT 869. But in Trag. senarians [pron. full] ᾰ always.] (ἀ- in nom. by analogy; cf. Skt. nar- from I.-E. ner-, nṛ- from nṛ-, Gk. ἀνδρ- from ṇr-):—man, opp. woman ( ἄνθρωπος being man as opp. to beast), Il.17.435, Od.21.323; τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἄπαις without male children, Pl.Lg. 877e; in Hom. mostly of princes, leaders, etc., but also of free men; ἀ δήμου one of the people, Il.2.198, cf. Od.17.352; with a qualifying word to indicate rank,

ἀ. βουληφόρος Il.2.61

;

ἀ. βασιλεύς Od.24.253

;

ἡγήτορες ἄ. Il.11.687

.

II man, opp. god, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε ib.1.544, al.; Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν ib. 334, cf. 403, Hdt.5.63, etc.: most common in pl., yet sts. in sg., e.g. Il.18.432:—freq. with a Noun added, βροτοί, θνητοὶ ἄ., Od.5.197,10.306;

ἄ. ἡμίθεοι Il.12.23

; ἄ. ἥρωες ib.5.746:—also of men, opp. monsters, Od.21.303:—of men in societies and cities,

οὔτε παρ' ἀνδράσιν οὔτ' ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις Pi.O. 6.10

; and so prob.,

ἄλλοτε μέν τ' ἐπὶ Κύνθου ἐβήσαο.., ἄλλοτε δ' ἂν νήσους τε καὶ ἀνέρας.. h.Ap. 142

.

III man, opp. youth, unless the context determines the meaning, as in

οὔ πως ἔστι νεωτέρῳ ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι ἄνδρα γέροντα Od.18.53

; but ἀ. alone always means a man in the prime of life, esp. warrior,

ἀ. ἕλεν ἄνδρα Il.15.328

; so

ἀ. ἀντ' ἀνδρὸς ἐλύθησαν Th.2.103

; the several ages are given as

παῖς, μειράκιον, ἀ., πρεσβύτης X.Smp.4.17

; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐγγράφεσθαι, συντελεῖν, D.19.230, Isoc.12.212;

εἰς ἄνδρας ἀναβῆναι BMus.Inscr.898

; in Inscrr. relating to contests, opp. παῖδες, IG22.1138.10, etc.

IV man emphatically, man indeed,

ἀνέρες ἄστε, φίλοι Il.5.529

; freq. in Hdt.,

πολλοὶ μὲν ἄνθρωποι, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἄνδρες 7.210

;

πρόσθεν οὐκ ἀ. ὅδ' ἦν; S.Aj.77

;

ἄνδρα γίγνεσθαί σε χρή E.El. 693

;

ἀ. γεγένησαι δι' ἐμέ Ar.Eq. 1255

;

ὃ μαθὼν ἀ. ἔσει Id.Nu. 823

;

ἄνδρας ἡγοῦνται μόνους τοὺς πλεῖστα δυναμένους καταφαγεῖν Id.Ach.77

;

εἰ ἄνδρες εἶεν οἱ στρατηγοί Th.4.27

;

οὐκέτι ἀ. ἀλλὰ σκευοφόρος X.Cyr.4.2.25

;

τὸν Αυκομήδην.. μόνον ἄνδρα ἡγοῦντο Id.HG7.1.24

; οὐκ ἐν ἀνδράσι not like a man, E.Alc. 723, cf. 732; ἀνδρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα γενναίως φέρειν 'tis the part of a man.., Men.771, etc.

V husband, Il.19.291, Od.24.196, Hdt.1.146, etc.;

εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἡκούσης τῆς κόρης Pl. Criti. 113d

; so

ἐξοικιεῖν εἰς ἀνδρὸς [οἶκον] θυγατέρα Luc.Lex.11

:—also of a paramour, opp. πόσις, S.Tr. 551, cf. E.Hipp. 491, Theoc.15.131;

ἀ. ἁπασῶν τῶν γυναικῶν ἐστι νῦν Pherecr.155

;

αἰγῶν ἄνερ Theoc.8.49

.

VI Special usages:

1 joined with titles, professions, etc.,

ἰητρὸς ἀ. Il.11.514

; ἀ. μάντις, ἀ. στρατηγός, Hdt.6.83,92 (dub.);

ἀ. νομεύς S.OT 1118

; ἄνδρες λοχῖται, λῃσταί, ἀσπιστῆρες, ib. 751, 842, Aj. 565; esp. in disparagement,

κλῶπες ἄ. E.Rh. 645

;

ἀ. δημότης S. Ant. 690

; with names of nations, as

Φοίνικες ἄ. Hdt.4.42

;

ἀ. Θρῇξ E. Hec.19

,al.; esp. in addresses,

ἄ. ἔφοροι Hdt.9.9

;

ἄ. πολῖται S.OT 513

;

ἄ. δικασταί D.21.1

, etc.; ὦ ἄνδρες gentlemen of the jury, Antipho 1.1, Lys.1.1, etc.;

ὦ ἄ. Ἀθηναῖοι Id.6.8

, etc.: hence in Comedy,

ἄ. ἰχθύες Archipp.29

;

ἄ. θεοί Luc.JTr.15

;

ὦ ἄ. κύνες Ath.4.160b

.

2 ὁ ἀνήρ, by crasis [dialect] Att. ἁνήρ, [dialect] Ion. ὡνήρ, is freq. used emphatically for

αὐτός, ἐκεῖνος Ar.V. 269

, prob. in Pl.Sph. 216b, etc.: sts. so in oblique cases without the Art., S.Tr.55, 109, 293, etc.; but not in Prose.

3 ἀ. ὅδε, ὅδ' ἀ., in Trag., = ἐγώ, S.Aj.78, E.Alc. 690, etc.

4 πᾶς ἀ. every man, every one, freq. in Pl.Lg. 736c, al., cf. E.Or. 1523.

5 a man, any man,

εἶτ' ἄνδρα τῶν αὑτοῦ τι χρὴ προϊέναι; Ar.Nu. 1214

;

οὐ πρέπει νοῦν ἔχοντι ἀνδρί Pl.Phd. 114d

, etc.; οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς.. ἐσθ' ὁ πλοῦς 'tis not every one that can go, Nicol.Com. 1.26.

6

ὦ δαιμόνι' ἀνδρῶν Eup.316

; and often with a [comp] Sup.,

ὦ φίλτατ' ἀνδρῶν Phryn.Com.80

, etc.

7

κατ' ἄνδρα

viritim,

Isoc. 12.180

, POxy. 1047 iii 11, BGU145.5, etc.; so τοὺς κατ' ἄνδρα individuals, opp. κοινῇ τὴν πόλιν, D.Chr.32.6.

8 In LXX, ἀνήρ = ἕκαστος, δότε μοι ἀνὴρ ἐνώτιον Jd.8.24; ἀ. τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται 'each to his fellow', of leviathan's scales, Jb.41.8; also

ἀ. εἷς 4 Ki.6.2

; with negs., ἀ. μὴ ἐπισκεπήτω ib.10.19;

ἀνὴρ ἀνήρ

any one, Le.

15.2

.

9 ἄνδρας γράφειν· τὸ ἐν διδασκάλου τὰ παιδία ὀνόματα γράφειν, Hsch.

VII male animal, Arist.HA 637b15.

Κόρινθος, ου, ἡ (Hom. et al.; ins, Philo, SibOr 3, 487 al.; Just., D. 1, 3; Ath. 17, 2) Corinth a city in Greece on the isthmus of the same name. From 27 B.C. capital of the senatorial province of Achaia, and seat of the proconsul. The Christian congregation there was founded by Paul on his so-called second missionary journey, Ac 18:1, 27 D; 19:1; 1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1, 23; 2 Ti 4:20; 1 Cl ins; MPol 22:2; EpilMosq 5; AcPl Ha 6, 1f; AcPlCor 1:2; 2:1; ἄνδρες Κ. 2:26. Also subscr. of Ro v.l. and 1 Th.—ECurtius, Peloponnesos II 1852, 514ff; JCladder, Korinth 1923; OBroneer, BA 14, ’51, 78–96; Pauly-W. Suppl. IV 991–1036; VI 182ff, 1350f; Kl. Pauly III 301ff; BHHW II 988ff; Corinth, Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1929ff; RCarpenter, Korinthos⁶ ’60; FJdeWaele, Corinth and St. Paul ’61; DESmith, The Egyptian Cults at Corinth: HTR 70, ’77, 201–31; GTheissen, The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity ’82 (Eng. tr.); JMurphy-O’Connor, St. Paul’s Corinth ’83 (reff.), Corinth: ABD I 1134–39 (add. lit.); PECS 240–43.—S. the Corinthian ins (Dssm., LO 12, 8 [LAE 16, 7]): [συνα]γωγὴ Ἑβρ[αίων]=Boffo, Iscrizioni no. 45 and lit. p. 361f. Strabo 8, 6, 20 suggests the problems of immorality associated with a major port city, but his references to cult prostitution, as in his quotation of the proverb οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐς Κόρινθον ἔσθʼ ὁ πλοῦς ibid. (=Aristoph. Fgm. 902a; cp. Ael. Aristid. 29, 17 K.=40 p. 755 D.) concern pre-Roman times and have been used without adequate caution for inferences about Paul’s Corinth.

πλόος, ὁ, [dialect] Att. [var] contr. [full] πλοῦς; pl.

A

πλοῖ S.Ph. 304

, X.An.5.7.7; gen.

πλῶν OGI132.9

(Egypt, ii B.C.); dat.

πλοῖς Antipho 5.83

; acc.

πλοῦς Arist.Mete. 362b24

; later, a gen. sg. πλοός, as if of third declens. (cf. χοῦς A), Peripl.M.Rubr.62, OGI572.21 (Myra, ii/iii A.D.), X. Eph.1.14; dat.

πλοΐ D.S.21.2

: pl.

πλόες Phot.

; acc.

πλόας IGRom. 4.841

([place name] Hierapolis): ([etym.] πλέω):—sailing, voyage, Od.3.169, Hdt. (who always has the disyll. form) 2.29, etc.;

ἔσσεται Ἀγεάνακτι καλὸς π. ἐς Μιτυλάναν Theoc.7.52

;

ναῶν π. Pi.O.7.32

;

πλόον ὁρμαίνειν Od.

l.c.; πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι, S.Aj. 1045, Ph. 552; ἔξω πλόου out of one's course, Pi.P.11.39;

ἐπ' ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος Hdt.2.29

; μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες its length is four days' sail, ib. 158; ἐκ τῶν πλόων when the voyage is done, Id.1.185: metaph.,

διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ.. τῆς ζωῆς Pl.Lg. 803b

.

2 time or tide for sailing, ὡραῖος π., εἰαρινὸς π., Hes.Op. 630, 678;

καιρὸς καὶ π. S.Ph. 1450

(anap.); π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο, i.e. the wind was fair, Antipho 5.24, cf. Th.1.137;

π. ἐστί τινι E.Hec. 899

, IA92;

παραπεσόντος π. τισί Plb.4.57.6

; πλῷ χρήσασθαι to have a fair wind, Th.3.3;

πλόον δοκάζων Sophr.52

: pl.,

καλλίστοις ἐχρήσαντο πλοῖς Antipho 5.83

.

3 prov., δεύτερος π. 'the next best way', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails, ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου (cj.),

κώπαισι πλεῖν Men.241

), Pl.Phd. 99d, Phlb. 19c, Plt. 300c; δεύτερος δὲ π..., πειρᾶσθαι.. the next best thing is to try.., Arist.Pol. 1284b19;

κατὰ τὸν δ. πλοῦν Id.EN 1109a35

;

δ. ἂν εἴη π. τὸ.. Plb.8.36.6

: prov.,

οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ τράπεζάν ἐσθ' ὁ π. Nicol.Com.1.26

, cf. Κόρινθος; ἡμέτερος ὁ π. 'our innings', Com.Adesp.274.

4 later, = ὁδός, βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει, of the crawling of a serpent, Nic.Th. 295, cf. Sch. ad loc.

b highway,

ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι Antim.62

;

ἔχοντα παρὰ πλόον οἰκίον Call.Hec.1.4.13

.