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Ἀποτομία · severity (α 3602) · 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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α3598dishonoured
α3599avoiding drink, being a teetotaller
α3600you, pig, will give back grape-pips
α3601presumes, risks, ventures
α3602severity
α3603undrinkable
α3604from this point
α3605in all good faith
α3606away from the subject

Suda/Α alpha/α3602

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Ἀποτομία

severity

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 33 words

Translation

[Meaning] harshness, disagreeableness.
"Because of the severity of the decision, [the Aetolians] had a fear, and not a chance one, for themselves."¹
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)po/tomon ["severe"], [meaning] harsh.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀποτομία· τραχύτης, ἐναντίωσις. οἱ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἀποτομίαν τῆς ἀποκρίσεως οὐ τὸ τυχὸν δέος εἶχον περὶ αὑτούς. καὶ Ἀπότομον, σκληρόν.

Betacode

*)apotomi/a: traxu/ths, e)nanti/wsis. oi( de\ dia\ th\n a)potomi/an th=s a)pokri/sews ou) to\ tuxo\n de/os ei)=xon peri\ au(tou/s. kai\ *)apo/tomon, sklhro/n.

Notes (1)

[1] An approximation of Diodorus Siculus 29.4, on relations between the Aetolians and Rome in 191 BCE.
2Masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, quoted from somewhere. (Hesychius has a parallel entry with adverbs.)

Neighbouring entries

α3600Ἀποτίσεις χοῖρε γίγαρταyou, pig, will give back grape-pips α3601Ἀποτολμᾷpresumes, risks, ventures α3602Ἀποτομίαseverity α3603Ἄποτονundrinkable α3604Ἀπὸ τουδίfrom this point

Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Aug 2015

29 Aug 2015Revised — David Whitehead
6 Apr 2012another note; more keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2002added keyword — David Whitehead
12 Jun 2001modified translation; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Jun 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀποτομία (Adler number alpha 3602), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 11 Jun 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3602

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