Ἁρμοζόμενος
fitting
Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁρμοζόμενος· ἐπιτηδείως διατιθέμενος. ὁ δὲ νυκτὸς ἐποίει τὰς εἰσόδους ἁρμοζόμενος πρὸς τὴν ὑποκειμένην πρόθεσιν.
Betacode
*(armozo/menos: e)pithdei/ws diatiqe/menos. o( de\ nukto\s e)poi/ei ta\s ei)so/dous a(rmozo/menos pro\s th\n u(pokeime/nhn pro/qesin.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword is present middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of
a(rmo/zw /a(rmo/ttw ; cf. eta 532, eta 533. It is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. ↩ - 2Polybius 8.25.9 (here abbreviated) on Philemenus at Tarentum (a city in southern Italy, cf. tau 112), 213/12 BCE. ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 7 Jul 2018
- my typo — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.2, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added grammatical note and cross-references, raised status — Catharine Roth
- modified translation; added note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict