Ἄσχολος
leisure-less
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 14 Mar 2002 · Vetting: high · 10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who does not have free time. For sxolh/ ["leisure"] [means] free time in customary speech.1
"Neither without necessity to tell someone or to write in a letter that I am without leisure, nor in such a manner continually to excuse neglect of the duties required by my relation to those with whom I live, citing the matters which occupy [me]."2
Also [sc. attested is the related verb]a)sxolou=mai ["I am busy with"]: [used] with an accusative. Also [attested are its forms] a)sxolei=tai ["is busy with"] and a)sxolei=sqai ["to be busy with"]. Menander says all these things.3 But Philemon also [has active voice] a)sxolei= .4
"Neither without necessity to tell someone or to write in a letter that I am without leisure, nor in such a manner continually to excuse neglect of the duties required by my relation to those with whom I live, citing the matters which occupy [me]."2
Also [sc. attested is the related verb]
Greek original
Ἄσχολος· ὁ μὴ εὐκαιρῶν. σχολὴ γὰρ ἡ ἐν τῇ λεγομένῃ συνηθείᾳ εὐκαιρία. μηδὲ χωρὶς ἀνάγκης λέγειν πρός τινα ἢ ἐν ἐπιστολῇ γράφειν, ὅτι ἄσχολός εἰμι, μηδὲ διὰ τοιούτου τρόπου συνεχῶς παραιτεῖσθαι τὰ κατὰ τὰς πρὸς τοὺς συμβιοῦντας σχέσεις καθήκοντα, προβαλλόμενον τὰ περιεστῶτα πράγματα. καὶ Ἀσχολοῦμαι· αἰτιατικῇ. καὶ ἀσχολεῖται, καὶ ἀσχολεῖσθαι. πάντα ταῦτα Μένανδρος λέγει. Φιλήμων δὲ καὶ ἀσχολεῖ.
Betacode
*)/asxolos: o( mh\ eu)kairw=n. sxolh\ ga\r h( e)n th=| legome/nh| sunhqei/a| eu)kairi/a. mhde\ xwri\s a)na/gkhs le/gein pro/s tina h)\ e)n e)pistolh=| gra/fein, o(/ti a)/sxolo/s ei)mi, mhde\ dia\ toiou/tou tro/pou sunexw=s paraitei=sqai ta\ kata\ ta\s pro\s tou\s sumbiou=ntas sxe/seis kaqh/konta, proballo/menon ta\ periestw=ta pra/gmata. kai\ *)asxolou=mai: ai)tiatikh=|. kai\ a)sxolei=tai, kai\ a)sxolei=sqai. pa/nta tau=ta *me/nandros le/gei. *filh/mwn de\ kai\ a)sxolei=.
Notes (3)
- [1] cf. sigma 1802.↩
- 2Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.12 (translation at web address 1). ↩
- 3Menander fr. 999 Kock, now 882 K.-A. ↩
- 4Philemon fr. 220 Kock, now 184 K.-A.
External resources
- Web address 1 classics.mit.edu
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (10)
- Catharine Rothcosmetics
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- David Whitehead
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