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Ἀνεπιεικές · unseemly (α 2293) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α2289inviolate
α2290loveless, without charm
α2291imperceptible
α2292unclaimed [things]
α2293unseemly
α2294blamelessly
α2295uncensured
α2296unrebukable, beyond criticism
α2297uncommemorated

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Ἀνεπιεικές

unseemly

Translated by Jennifer Benedict21 Jun 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning something] unfitting, undecorous.
Arrian [writes]: "Alexander was so far from doing or performing anything unseemly at this, that he turned that very place over [to Khorienes]."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνεπιεικές· ἀνοίκειον, ἀπρεπές. Ἀρριανός· ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος τοσοῦτον ἀνεδέησεν ἀνεπιεικές τι ἐς τοῦτο ἐργάσασθαι ἢ ἀποδείξασθαι, ὥστε καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ χωρίον ἐκεῖνο ἐπιτρέψαι.

Betacode

*)anepieike/s: a)noi/keion, a)prepe/s. *)arriano/s: o( de\ *)ale/candros tosou=ton a)nede/hsen a)nepieike/s ti e)s tou=to e)rga/sasqai h)\ a)podei/casqai, w(/ste kai\ au)to\ to\ xwri/on e)kei=no e)pitre/yai.

Notes (1)

The headword is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective. It is perhaps extracted from the quotation given here, though there are other extant possibilities, beginning with Aristophanes and Aeschines (sc.) Socraticus.
1Arrian, Anabasis 4.21.9 -- but the Suda's quotation of it is garbled in a most intriguing way. In place of Arrian's tosou/tou e)de/hsen, "lacked so much", "was so far from", the Suda has tosou/ton a)nede/hsen, using a)nade/w as a synonym for de/w in the sense of "lack". There are other pecularities as well. Here is the relevant passage of Arrian: kai\ tosou/tou e)de/hsen a)nepieike/s ti e)s to\n *xorih/nhn e)/rgon a)podei/casqai, w(/ste kai\ au)to\ to\ xwri/on e)kei=no e)pitre/pei *xorih/nh|....

Neighbouring entries

α2291Ἀνεπαίσθητονimperceptible α2292Ἀνεπίδικαunclaimed [things]α2293Ἀνεπιεικέςunseemly α2294Ἀνεπικλήτωςblamelessly α2295Ἀνεπίληπτονuncensured

Revision history5 revisions · last 16 Jul 2015

16 Jul 2015cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
14 Jul 2015Revised — David Whitehead
4 Mar 2012another note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Mar 2001cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Jun 2000Added note — William Hutton
21 Jun 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀνεπιεικές (Adler number alpha 2293), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 21 Jun 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2293

Translation by Jennifer Benedict 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 ↗