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Ἀναθέσθαι · to retract (α 1872) · Suda

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Near α1872

α1868withdrawals
α1869votive, anathema
α1870putting up
α1871reflection
α1872to retract
α1873to take back
α1874postponement
α1875to dedicate
α1876having set on

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Ἀναθέσθαι

to retract

Translated by David Whitehead4 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

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1 note · 30 words

Translation

Antiphon in the [treatise] On Forethought says: "to retract one's life as if it were a draughts-piece is not possible".¹ Meaning to live afresh, having repented in one's former life.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀναθέσθαι· Ἀντιφῶν ἐν τῷ περὶ προνοίας φησίν· ἀναθέσθαι ὥσπερ πεττὸν τὸν βίον οὐκ ἔστιν. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄνωθεν βιῶναι μετανοήσαντας ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ βίῳ.

Betacode

*)anaqe/sqai: *)antifw=n e)n tw=| peri\ pronoi/as fhsi/n: a)naqe/sqai w(/sper petto\n to\n bi/on ou)k e)/stin. a)nti\ tou= a)/nwqen biw=nai metanoh/santas e)n tw=| prote/rw| bi/w|.

Notes (1)

From Harpokration (cf. Photius) s.v. The headword, again at alpha 1873, is present middle/passive infinitive of a)nati/qhmi.
1Antiphon (the sophist) 87 F52 Diels-Kranz. (The treatise is called On Concord, not On Forethought; homonoia, not pronoia.) On pettoi//pessoi/, see e.g. pi 1384.

Linked from1 entry

α1873Ἀναθέσθαιto take backThe [verb that means] to change position. From those playing draughts and rectifying [sc. the positions of] pieces that have already been moved. For the word does not mean "to refer" or "to communicate", but to alter…

Neighbouring entries

α1870Ἀναθένταςputting up α1871Ἀναθεώρησιςreflection α1872Ἀναθέσθαιto retract α1873Ἀναθέσθαιto take back α1874Ἀνάθεσιςpostponement

Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Mar 2012

10 Mar 2012added cross-reference and keyword — Catharine Roth
10 Mar 2012tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
27 Jun 2011augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Sep 2002Cosmetics, added keyword — William Hutton
29 Jul 2002added note — David Whitehead
29 Jul 2002added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Oct 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀναθέσθαι (Adler number alpha 1872), trans. David Whitehead, 4 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1872

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗