Ἀσωτία
prodigality
Translated by Jennifer Benedict31 Dec 2001Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] error.1
"And to shun each equally -- not incurring necessary costs, and incurring unnecessary ones -- on the basis that the latter is prodigality, whether quite great or rather paltry, and the former stinginess."2
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]a)/swtos ["prodigal"], [meaning] one who is ruined and not liable to be saved. Sophocles [writes]: "or of the prodigal line of Sisyphus."3
Also [sc. attested is the related adverb]a)sw/tws ["prodigally"], [meaning] shamefully.4
"And to shun each equally -- not incurring necessary costs, and incurring unnecessary ones -- on the basis that the latter is prodigality, whether quite great or rather paltry, and the former stinginess."2
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]
Also [sc. attested is the related adverb]