Ἁμαρτεῖν
to fail of having
Translated by Jennifer Benedict9 Jun 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁμαρτεῖν· ἀποτυχεῖν. γενικῇ.
Betacode
*(amartei=n: a)potuxei=n. genikh=|.
Notes (1)
- [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword is aorist active infinitive of↩
a(marta/nw (cf. eta 286 and see generally LSJ s.v.). Hesychius s.v. reveals that it is extracted here from Sophocles, Philoctetes 231. On the relationship of the headword and its gloss, see the note on alpha 3591 (and Dyer in the bibliography there).- 2Likewise in syntactical lexica.
Linked from8 entries
- α1495Ἁμαρτήσοιmight err[This is] not in a subordinate clause. [It should be] e)a\n a(marth/sei ["if he will err"]. [Spelled] with a diphthong.
- α3076Ἀπέσφηλενcaused to err[Meaning he/she/it] made [someone or something] miss.
- α3591Ἀποτεύξασθαιto miss the mark[Meaning] to fail.
- α3621ἈποτύχωI would fail [of][Used] with a genitive. Also [sc. attested is] a)potugxa/nw; [also used] with a genitive.
- α4550Ἀφαμαρτούσῃfor her who is losing[Meaning] for her who is failing [to obtain], for her who has been deprived [of something].
- δ642ΔιαμαρτάνωI fail completely, I miss the mark[Used] with a genitive. "And they seem, at least to me, to miss their goal."
- δ645Διαμάρτῃthat he would fail; that he would miss the opportunity[... that he would fail/miss the opportunity], that man. Subjunctive.
- δ849Διαψεύδονταιthey are cheated, they are deceived, they are disappointed[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] they are deprived, they fail to achieve. "Therefore, on the one hand, they are cheated in [sc. achieving any credit for] noble conduct; on the other hand, they almost always do not…
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Revision history7 revisions · last 14 Jun 2015
- — David Whitehead
- another note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Another x-ref — Robert Dyer
- Added x-ref — Robert Dyer
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict