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Ἀπεροῦντα · seeking to avert (α 3049) · 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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α3045not surrounded by trumpets
α3046unheeding
α3047was cast away
α3048he let out
α3049seeking to avert
α3050had broken off
α3051thwarter
α3052like you
α3053to fail to blush

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Ἀπεροῦντα

seeking to avert

Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 Jan 2001Vetting: high10 revisions

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2 notes · 47 words

Translation

[Meaning] preventing, turning aside.¹
"Letters from the emperor were sent, to avert the attack of the barbarians."²
Also [sc. attested is] a)perou=sin ["they will bid farewell to/give up"], [meaning] they are renouncing, and they will desist from the war. "Never fear, they'll bid it farewell right away."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπεροῦντα· κωλύοντα, ἀποτρέποντα. στέλλεται ἐκ βασιλέως γράμματα, ἀπεροῦντα τὴν τῶν βαρβάρων ἐπίθεσιν. καὶ Ἀπεροῦσιν, ἀπαγορεύουσι, καὶ παύσονται τοῦ πολέμου. ἀμέλει ταχέως πάνυ ἀπεροῦσιν.

Betacode

*)aperou=nta: kwlu/onta, a)potre/ponta. ste/lletai e)k basile/ws gra/mmata, a)perou=nta th\n tw=n barba/rwn e)pi/qesin. kai\ *)aperou=sin, a)pagoreu/ousi, kai\ pau/sontai tou= pole/mou. a)me/lei taxe/ws pa/nu a)perou=sin.

Notes (2)

[1] The headword is a future participle (from a)pei=pon), in the masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative plural, expressing purpose. It might be drawn from the first quotation given (where it is neuter plural), but it occurs also in Thucydides 1.29.3 (where it is masculine accusative singular:web address 1), and the scholia there show resemblances with the glosses here.
2An approximation of Procopius, Secret History 21.26 (web address 2), on Justinian (cf. iota 446) ordering his generals not to attack Huns marauding in the Roman frontier, on the grounds that they might be useful future allies against the Goths; cf. Kaldellis (96). ↩
3Aristophanes, Lysistrata 164-5 (web address 3), with comment from the scholia there.

References

A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

α3047Ἀπερρίφηwas cast away α3048Ἀπέρριψενhe let out α3049Ἀπεροῦνταseeking to avert α3050Ἀπέρρωγενhad broken off α3051Ἀπερωεύςthwarter

Revision history10 revisions · last 8 May 2024

8 May 2024tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
7 May 2024expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-reference, and link — Ronald Allen
10 Sep 2015typo, another link — Catharine Roth
6 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
3 Nov 2011augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 Nov 2011updated link — Catharine Roth
18 Aug 2002augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 Jan 2001Cosmetics. — Catharine Roth
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26 Jan 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀπεροῦντα (Adler number alpha 3049), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 26 Jan 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3049

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