Ἀπέστησεν

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Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 31 Mar 2001 · Vetting: high · 9 revisions

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] prevented, held back.
Polybius [writes]: "for neither the darkness nor the gravity of the winter ever removed that man from his purpose; but these things he pushed aside and he laboured through illnesses, and he had gone about his business and continued prosperous the whole time."¹
And Polybius elsewhere [writes]: "keeping distant from their former station in a suitable place, most of them held back, but two went ahead quite a bit."² Meaning they stopped their progress.

Greek original

Ἀπέστησεν· ἐκώλυσεν, ἐπέσχε. Πολύβιος· ἐκεῖνον γὰρ οὔτε σκότος οὔτε χειμῶνος μέγεθος ἀπέστησεν οὐδέποτε τῆς προθέσεως· ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῦτα διωθούμενος καὶ τὰς ἀρρωστίας ἐκπονῶν καθῆστο καὶ διευτυχήκει πάντα τὸν χρόνον. καὶ αὖθις Πολύβιος· ἀποσχόντες τῆς ἰδίας παρατάξεως ἐφ' ἱκανόν τινα τόπον, οἱ μὲν πλείους ἀπέστησαν, δύο δὲ ἐπιπολὺ προῆλθον. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπέσχον τὸν δρόμον.

Betacode

*)ape/sthsen: e)kw/lusen, e)pe/sxe. *polu/bios: e)kei=non ga\r ou)/te sko/tos ou)/te xeimw=nos me/geqos a)pe/sthsen ou)de/pote th=s proqe/sews: a)lla\ kai\ tau=ta diwqou/menos kai\ ta\s a)rrwsti/as e)kponw=n kaqh=sto kai\ dieutuxh/kei pa/nta to\n xro/non. kai\ au)=qis *polu/bios: a)posxo/ntes th=s i)di/as parata/cews e)f' i(kano/n tina to/pon, oi( me\n plei/ous a)pe/sthsan, du/o de\ e)pipolu\ proh=lqon. a)nti\ tou= e)pe/sxon to\n dro/mon.

Notes (2)

The headword is perhaps (though not necessarily) extracted from the first quotation given.
1Polybius fr. 12 Büttner-Wobst. Adopting an emendation due to Schweighäuser, Büttner-Wobst (p. 515) reads kaqi=kto (third person singular, pluperfect indicative middle-passive of the verb kaqikne/omai, I come down to, reach, touch) for the Suda's kaqh=sto (third person singular, pluperfect indicative middle of the verb ka/qhmai, I sit, sit still, remain). Schweighäuser's revision is most likely motivated by the evident tension between the core meanings of the verb kaqh=sto, which evoke a complacency on the part of the subject, and the preceding participial phrases, which describe his vigorously staving off a number of personal (political and military?) threats as well as his perseverance against a host of medical travails. To accept the emendation, take the proposed verb in the passive voice, and render the participles circumstantially into English thus suggests the interpretation: ... but he had been affected, both while pushing these things aside and laboring through his illnesses, and he continued prosperous the whole time. ↩
2Polybius fr. 13 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst follows the Suda, but notes (ibid.) that here Schweighäuser suggested that e)pe/sthsan (third person plural, aorist indicative active of the verb e)fi/shmi, I set, set up, set over, stop, halt, check) replace a)pe/sthsan (they held back).

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References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)

Neighbours in Adler order

α3065Ἀπεσπούδαζενlacked interest in α3066Ἀπεστάτειwas far from α3067Ἀπεσταύρουνthey were palisading off α3068Ἀπέστησενremoved α3069Ἄπεστινis away α3070Ἀπεστομάτισανthey recited α3071Ἀπεστώabsence

Revisions (9)

7 Jul 2018Ronald Allenfurther expanded n.1, added keyword
4 Jul 2018Ronald Allenexpanded n.2
4 Jul 2018Ronald Allenexpanded n.1, added bibiliography, cosmeticule n.2
6 Aug 2015David Whitehead
28 Mar 2012David Whiteheadanother note; more keywords; cosmetics
19 Aug 2002David Whiteheadadded keywords; cosmetics
1 Apr 2001William HuttonModified translation, raised status
31 Mar 2001Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*)ape/sthsen: e)kw/lusen, e)pe/sxe. *polu/bios: e)kei=non ga\r ou)/te sko/tos ou)/te xeimw=nos me/geqos a)pe/sthsen ou)de/pote th=s proqe/sews: a)lla\ kai\ tau=ta diwqou/menos kai\ ta\s a)rrwsti/as e)kponw=n kaqh=sto kai\ dieutuxh/kei pa/nta to\n xro/non. kai\ au)=qis *polu/bios: a)posxo/ntes th=s i)di/as parata/cews e)f' i(kano/n tina to/pon, oi( me\n plei/ous a)pe/sthsan, du/o de\ e)pipolu\ proh=lqon. a)nti\ tou= e)pe/sxon to\n dro/mon.

Notes (2)

The headword is perhaps (though not necessarily) extracted from the first quotation given.

1Polybius fr. 12 Büttner-Wobst. Adopting an emendation due to Schweighäuser, Büttner-Wobst (p. 515) reads kaqi=kto (third person singular, pluperfect indicative middle-passive of the verb kaqikne/omai, I come down to, reach, touch) for the Suda's kaqh=sto (third person singular, pluperfect indicative middle of the verb ka/qhmai, I sit, sit still, remain). Schweighäuser's revision is most likely motivated by the evident tension between the core meanings of the verb kaqh=sto, which evoke a complacency on the part of the subject, and the preceding participial phrases, which describe his vigorously staving off a number of personal (political and military?) threats as well as his perseverance against a host of medical travails. To accept the emendation, take the proposed verb in the passive voice, and render the participles circumstantially into English thus suggests the interpretation: ... but he had been affected, both while pushing these things aside and laboring through his illnesses, and he continued prosperous the whole time. ↩

2Polybius fr. 13 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst follows the Suda, but notes (ibid.) that here Schweighäuser suggested that e)pe/sthsan (third person plural, aorist indicative active of the verb e)fi/shmi, I set, set up, set over, stop, halt, check) replace a)pe/sthsan (they held back).