Ἀνέφερεν
offered
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 3 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] referred.
"[...] who did not offer his life to a transitory and empty doctrine, but handed everything over to the gods and did everything on that basis."1
"[...] who did not offer his life to a transitory and empty doctrine, but handed everything over to the gods and did everything on that basis."1
Greek original
Ἀνέφερεν· ἀνέπεμπεν. ὅς γε οὐ πρὸς τὴν παρατρέχουσαν καὶ κενὴν δόξαν ἀνέφερε τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον, ἀλλὰ πάντα εἰς τὸ θεῖον ὑπερτιθεὶς ἐκεῖθεν πάντα ἔπραττεν.
Betacode
*)ane/feren: a)ne/pempen. o(/s ge ou) pro\s th\n paratre/xousan kai\ kenh\n do/can a)ne/fere to\n e(autou= bi/on, a)lla\ pa/nta ei)s to\ qei=on u(pertiqei\s e)kei=qen pa/nta e)/pratten.
Notes (1)
- The headword is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. For this verb see also alpha 2352, alpha 2354, alpha 2355.↩
- 1Quotation unidentifiable. (Attributed to Polybius by Valckenaer, to Aelian by Adler.)
Linked from (3)
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (8)
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