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Ἀπολεγόμενος · declining (an offer) (α 3380) · 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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α3376I kick out
α3377to enjoy; to reap [the results of]
α3378to allocate
α3379you will lap up
α3380declining (an offer)
α3381select (ones)
α3382having killed
α3383having left behind
α3384unwarred on, not fought over

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Ἀπολεγόμενος

declining (an offer)

Translated by Jennifer Benedict24 Feb 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

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3 notes · 41 words

Translation

[Meaning he] refusing.¹ Polybius [writes]: "he refused the Achaeans, declining the command."²
Also [sc. attested is the neuter plural active] a)pole/gonta, [meaning] forbidding,³ turning away. "And he wrote letters forbidding the envoys outright ever to surrender the strongholds to the Persians."⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπολεγόμενος· παραιτούμενος. Πολύβιος· ὁ δὲ παρῃτεῖτο τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς ἀπολεγόμενος τὴν ἀρχήν. καὶ Ἀπολέγοντα, ἀπαγορεύοντα, ἀποτρέποντα. γράμματά τε ἄντικρυς ἀπολέγοντα τοῖς πρέσβεσιν ἔγραφε, μηδαμῶς προΐεσθαι τὰ φρούρια Πέρσαις.

Betacode

*)apolego/menos: paraitou/menos. *polu/bios: o( de\ parh|tei=to tou\s *)axaiou\s a)polego/menos th\n a)rxh/n. kai\ *)apole/gonta, a)pagoreu/onta, a)potre/ponta. gra/mmata/ te a)/ntikrus a)pole/gonta toi=s pre/sbesin e)/grafe, mhdamw=s proi/+esqai ta\ frou/ria *pe/rsais.

Notes (3)

[1] cf. already alpha 3126; and cf. also Photius alpha2551 Theodoridis, attributing a)pole/gomai (with a corresponding gloss) to Pherecrates (fr. 225 K.-A.)
2Polybius fr. 16 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 515) that the quotation is also found in the Lexicon Vindobonense. ↩
3cf. already alpha 3124, alpha 3125, and again alpha 3498. ↩
4Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.22.11 (web address 1), in early 532 CE, the emperor Justinian (cf. iota 446) orders his ambassadors to not give up the fortresses in Lazike (Colchis; cf. kappa 1979) to the Persian king Chosroes (cf. chi 418); see Kaldellis (57) and additional context at alpha 3313.

References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

α3126Ἀπειπώνrenouncing[Meaning one who is] refusing, declining. "He said that he would not touch food, unless he might investigate the barbarian slaughter. Renouncing the feasting he hastened to the sight."
α3313Ἄποθενaway, far from[Meaning] without, or from afar. "Stretching the well-twisted arms of my leathern sling, I, Alcimenes, kept the cloud of birds away." And elsewhere: "but Rufinus met him afterwards as he was returning not far from the…

Neighbouring entries

α3378Ἀπολαχεῖνto allocate α3379Ἀπολάψειςyou will lap up α3380Ἀπολεγόμενοςdeclining (an offer)α3381Ἀπόλεκτοιselect (ones)α3382Ἀπολωλεκώςhaving killed

Revision history7 revisions · last 29 Dec 2023

29 Dec 2023expanded n.4, added to bibliography, added cross-references, added link — Ronald Allen
31 Jul 2018tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
30 Jul 2018expanded n.2, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
26 Dec 2014expanded n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
3 Apr 2012more keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Aug 2002added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Mar 2001modified headword and translation; augmented notes; added keywords — David Whitehead
24 Feb 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀπολεγόμενος (Adler number alpha 3380), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 24 Feb 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3380

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