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Ἄσκησιν · practice, training (α 4170) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α4170

α4166unequipped
α4167unscathed
α4168having tricked out
α4169asceticism
α4170practice, training
α4171athletics-induced
α4172tricked-out
α4173Asclepiades, Asklepiades
α4174Asklepiodotos, Asclepiodotus

Suda/Α alpha/α4170

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Ἄσκησιν

practice, training

Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Mar 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

athletics
comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
medicine

2 notes · 32 words

Translation

[Meaning] exercize;¹ also as we [use it], the ancient [writers] and especially Plato say [this to mean] fearing and anticipating the future.²
Also they say a)skhta/s ["ones in training"] and a)qlhta/s ["contestants"].³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄσκησιν· ἀγωνίαν· καὶ ὡς ἡμεῖς, τὸ δεδιέναι καὶ προσδοκᾶν τὸ μέλλον λέγουσιν οἱ παλαιοὶ καὶ Πλάτων. καὶ Ἀσκητὰς καὶ ἀθλητὰς λέγουσιν.

Betacode

*)/askhsin: a)gwni/an: kai\ w(s h(mei=s, to\ dedie/nai kai\ prosdoka=n to\ me/llon le/gousin oi( palaioi\ kai\ *pla/twn. kai\ *)askhta\s kai\ a)qlhta\s le/gousin.

Notes (2)

[1] Accusative singular of alpha 4169, so evidently quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.
2See generally LSJ s.v., sense 3. 'Plato' here has been understood to mean P. the comic poet: see fr. 297 Kassel-Austin. ↩
3cf. Erotian, Hippocratic Vocabulary 152.7, and already alpha 740.

Linked from2 entries

α740Ἀθλητάςathletes[Meaning] competitors, men in training. Aelian [uses the word]. "Consequently he not only prepared them to have these things, but he also created athletes in other [kinds of] injustice and filthiness. For what shameful…
α4169Ἄσκησιςasceticism[Meaning] self-control.

Neighbouring entries

α4168Ἀσκήσασαhaving tricked out α4169Ἄσκησιςasceticism α4170Ἄσκησινpractice, training α4171Ἀσκητικόνathletics-induced α4172Ἀσκητόςtricked-out

Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Sep 2015

1 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
27 Dec 2014augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
24 Apr 2012betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 Aug 2002added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄσκησιν (Adler number alpha 4170), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 20 Mar 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4170

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 ↗