ποικίλλειν. “Artificiose, h. e.
obscure vel ambigue loqui” (Ast): “to beat about the
bush.” Cp. the use of ποικίλος in 182 B: Laws 863
E
τό τε δίκαιον καὶ τὸ ἄδικον...σαφῶς ἂν διορισαίμην
οὐδὲν ποικίλλων: Soph. Trach.
421, 1121.
ἐλευθέρως εἰπεῖν. Cp. Pind.
Nem. IX. 49 θαρσαλέα δὲ παρὰ κρατῆρι φωνὰ
γίνεται. Notice the word-play ἔδοξε...ἐδόκει. For κινήσας, cp. Rep. 329 D
βουλόμενος ἔτι λέγειν αὐτὸν ἐκίνουν καὶ εἶπον κτλ.
ἐμοῦ...ἄξιος. Whether ἐμοῦ goes closely with ἐραστὴς or with ἄξιος is open to doubt:
Jowett renders “the only one who is worthy of me,” whereas Rettig
writes “ἄξιος absolut=würdig,
beachtenswerth.”
ὀκνεῖν
κτλ. “To be shy of mentioning (your love)
to me”: cp. I. Alc. 103 A οἶμαί σε
θαυμάζειν ὅτι πρῶτος ἐραστής σου γενόμενος...τοσούτων ἐτῶν οὐδὲ
προσεῖπον.
τῆς οὐσίας...τῶν φίλων. Cp. 183 A
ἢ χρήματα...ὑπὸ φίλων. For ἢ τῶν φίλων =ἢ τῆς τῶν φίλων,
cp. the brachylogy in 217 D (ἐμοῦ).
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