Αὐτοσχέδιον
extemporaneous, improvised
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Aug 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] out of a nearby place.1
Or out of an immediate [time].
Also [sc. attested is the related adverb]au)tosxedi/ws ["impromptu"], spontaneously, immediately.2
Also [sc. attested is a related verb]au)tosxedia/zwsin ["they improvise"], they act spontaneously. Aelian [writes]: "[the] Romans welcomed neither a lawless success nor a completed victory in which the leader did not share, in order that their subjects would not improvise in their doings."3
And elsewhere: "to come on behalf of great things and to have been improvised [?on the basis of?] impossibilities."4
Or out of an immediate [time].
Also [sc. attested is the related adverb]
Also [sc. attested is a related verb]
And elsewhere: "to come on behalf of great things and to have been improvised [?on the basis of?] impossibilities."4