Ἀνύτειν
to accomplish
Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝28 Apr 2001Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to fulfill, to be effective.
"Since the barbarians were not able to accomplish anything further, either as in a siege sitting on the breastwork or pressing on to a battle on the walls, they determined to make trial of another method, bold and noble and adventurous."1
"Ninus was at his wit's end, able to accomplish nothing."2 That is, to do [nothing].
"Since the barbarians were not able to accomplish anything further, either as in a siege sitting on the breastwork or pressing on to a battle on the walls, they determined to make trial of another method, bold and noble and adventurous."1
"Ninus was at his wit's end, able to accomplish nothing."2 That is, to do [nothing].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνύτειν· πληροῦν, ἐνεργεῖν. ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐδέν τι πλέον εἶχον ἀνύτειν οἱ βάρβαροι, οὔτε ὡς ἐν πολιορκίᾳ ἐφεδρεύοντες τῷ ἐρύματι, οὔτε πρὸς τειχομαχίαν ἐγκείμενοι, ἔγνωσαν τρόπου ἑτέρου αὐθάδους τε καὶ γενναίου καὶ φιλοκινδύνου ἀποπειραθῆναι. ὁ δὲ Νῖνος ἐν ἀμηχανίᾳ ἦν, μηδὲν δυνάμενος ἀνύτειν. τουτέστι πράττειν.
Betacode
*)anu/tein: plhrou=n, e)nergei=n. e)pei\ de\ ou)de/n ti ple/on ei)=xon a)nu/tein oi( ba/rbaroi, ou)/te w(s e)n poliorki/a| e)fedreu/ontes tw=| e)ru/mati, ou)/te pro\s teixomaxi/an e)gkei/menoi, e)/gnwsan tro/pou e(te/rou au)qa/dous te kai\ gennai/ou kai\ filokindu/nou a)popeiraqh=nai. o( de\ *ni=nos e)n a)mhxani/a| h)=n, mhde\n duna/menos a)nu/tein. toute/sti pra/ttein.
Notes (2)
- cf. alpha 2783, alpha 2794, alpha 2795, alpha 2796, alpha 2797, alpha 2799. The present entry's infinitive is illustrated by both of the quotations given.↩
- 1Agathias, Histories 5.21 (p.325 Niebuhr). Cf. omicron 809. In 559 CE, their direct assaults on the long wall at the base of the Thracian Chersonese (chi 215) having been repulsed, the Kotrigur Huns plan for an amphibious flanking attack; cf. alpha 1017, kappa 2274, and Frendo (157-158). ↩
- 2Quotation tentatively attributed by Adler to Nicolaus of Damascus. Ultimately, perhaps, from Ctesias: see Andrea Favuzzi, 'Frammenti di storia assira nella Suda'. Annali della Facolta di Lettere e Filosofia, Universita degli studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" 51 (2008) 39-51, at 40. For Ninus, the legendary Assyrian king and eponymous founder of Ninevah, see nu 417 and generally e.g. Strabo 16.1.1-2.
References
J.D. Frendo, trans., Agathias: The Histories, (Berlin 1975)
Linked from5 entries
- α1245Ἁλίσαςhaving gathered[Meaning he] having assembled; alternatively, having rolled, kicked up dust. Also [sc. attested is its feminine form] a(li/sasa, [she] having assembled. "Semiramis, having gathered her strength, took the city by force".
- α2794Ἀνύσασθαί τιto accomplish somethingAmongst rulers [it means] to carry out. And likewise again the issuing of orders by rulers to their subjects. Also [sc. attested is the related aorist infinitive] a)nu/sai, [meaning] to complete.
- α2795Ἀνυσίμωςeffectually[Meaning] productively, practically, completely. Also [sc. attested is] a)nusimw/tatos ["most/very effectual"]. For a)/nusis ["effecting"] [is] completion.
- α2796Ἄνυσταιhas accomplished[a)/nustai means the same as] h)/nustai. Also [sc. attested is] a)nuste/on, [meaning] one must accomplish.
- α2799Ἀνύειν Ἀνύτεινto accomplishThe Attic writers [say] a)nu/tein for that which we [call] a)nu/ein, but a(nu/ein [is] to hasten, with the first letter aspirated. Also [sc. attested is] a)nu/tousi, they achieve, they accomplish [a)nu/ousi]. And Homer…
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Revision history10 revisions · last 25 Sep 2023
- expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- deleted link — Catharine Roth
- augmented n.2; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- modified notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝