Sep 19, 2008 09:31
16 yrs ago
Greek term
μικρονοϊκός δικτατορίσκος
Greek to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Perhaps I should open two threads but I need these two words together; for I suspect that δικτατορίσκος might be "petty dictator" but I am not sure how it sounds together with the other word. Needless to say, the term is used as a metaphor, i.e. not for a military dictator but (in the novel I am working on) for a shop-owner with authoritarian behaviour.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +10 | pea-brained tyrant |
JULIAN VULLI (X)
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| 4 +4 | narrow-minded little tin god |
Sofia Dervisi
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Proposed translations
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pea-brained tyrant
just a suggestion
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I especially liked pea-brained, seems to me very apt! "
+4
44 mins
narrow-minded little tin god
another option....
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Note added at 48 mins (2008-09-19 10:19:27 GMT)
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a (little) tin god (literary)
someone who behaves as if they are more important or powerful than they really are.
Have you seen him over there, acting like a little tin god?
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tin god
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Note added at 48 mins (2008-09-19 10:19:27 GMT)
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a (little) tin god (literary)
someone who behaves as if they are more important or powerful than they really are.
Have you seen him over there, acting like a little tin god?
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tin god
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d_vachliot (X)
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Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
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