Ἀπόπειρα

trial

Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Jun 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 82 words
[Meaning an] examination/scrutiny.1
Damascius [writes]: "in truth it came about that those young men who truly love philosophy were tested just like gold in the fire. Unless it satisfies the test, through which the thing itself is a test, this eagerness only pretends to exist and lies in wait for flighty youthful whims. Me at any rate it hindered, as it was a most difficult matter."2
Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)popeirw=mai ["I make trial of"]; [used] with a genitive.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπόπειρα· δοκιμασία. Δαμάσκιος· τῷ γὰρ ὄντι συνέβαινε τοὺς τῷ ὄντι φιλοσοφίας ἐρῶντας τῶν νέων ὥσπερ ἐν πυρὶ χρυσὸν δοκιμάζεσθαι. εἰ δὲ μὴ ὡμολόγει τὴν ἀπόπειραν, αὐτὸ τοῦτο μάλιστα δι' ἣν ἡ ἀπόπειρα, σπουδή τις εἶναι προσποιουμένη καὶ ἐλλοχῶσα τὰς νεοπρεπεῖς ᾀττούσας κινήσεις. ἐμὲ γοῦν διεκώλυεν ὡς χαλεπωτάτου ὄντος τοῦ πράγματος. καὶ Ἀποπειρῶμαι· γενικῇ.

Betacode
*)apo/peira: dokimasi/a. *dama/skios: tw=| ga\r o)/nti sune/baine tou\s tw=| o)/nti filosofi/as e)rw=ntas tw=n ne/wn w(/sper e)n puri\ xruso\n dokima/zesqai. ei) de\ mh\ w(molo/gei th\n a)po/peiran, au)to\ tou=to ma/lista di' h(\n h( a)po/peira, spoudh/ tis ei)=nai prospoioume/nh kai\ e)lloxw=sa ta\s neoprepei=s a)|ttou/sas kinh/seis. e)me\ gou=n diekw/luen w(s xalepwta/tou o)/ntos tou= pra/gmatos. kai\ *)apopeirw=mai: genikh=|.

Notes (3)

  1. 1Comparably, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩
  2. 2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.146 Zintzen (88 Asmus). Asmus and Adler associated this fragment with the second part of alpha 735 (Damascius fr. 145 Zintzen). ↩
  3. 3Likewise in syntactical lexica. ↩

Neighbouring entries

α3475Ἀποπεφασμένονdeclaredα3476Ἀποπεφοίτηκενhas departedα3477Ἀπόπειραtrialα3478ἈποπηδῶI turn away fromα3479ἈποπλανῶI lead (someone) astray (from), I wander away (from)
Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Aug 2015
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. tweaked translation, expanded note, added keyword, cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  5. added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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