Αὐτοτελής
self-sufficient
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 6 Aug 2001 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] capable.
Competent.1
Polybius [writes]: "let these things be said on account of the prudence of the Romans and the folly of those who make light of what is beyond their understanding but think themselves to be self-sufficient and capable of restoring their own forces."2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]au)totelh\s di/kh ["self-sufficient lawsuit"], [one] from which there is no appeal to another [suit]. And [it is] absolutely authoritative itself.3
Competent.1
Polybius [writes]: "let these things be said on account of the prudence of the Romans and the folly of those who make light of what is beyond their understanding but think themselves to be self-sufficient and capable of restoring their own forces."2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]
Greek original
Αὐτοτελής· ἱκανός. τέλειος. Πολύβιος· ταῦτα εἰρήσθω χάριν τῆς Ῥωμαίων εὐβουλίας καὶ τῆς ἀνοίας τῶν ὀλιγωρούντων τῆς τῶν ἐκτὸς συγκαταθέσεως, αὐτοτελεῖς δὲ νομιζόντων εἶναι πρὸς τὸ κατορθοῦν τὰς σφετέρας δυνάμεις. καὶ Αὐτοτελὴς δίκη, ἀφ' ἧς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκκαλέσασθαι ἐφ' ἑτέραν. καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ κύριον ἁπλῶς.
Betacode
*au)totelh/s: i(kano/s. te/leios. *polu/bios: tau=ta ei)rh/sqw xa/rin th=s *(rwmai/wn eu)bouli/as kai\ th=s a)noi/as tw=n o)ligwrou/ntwn th=s tw=n e)kto\s sugkataqe/sews, au)totelei=s de\ nomizo/ntwn ei)=nai pro\s to\ katorqou=n ta\s sfete/ras duna/meis. kai\ *au)totelh\s di/kh, a)f' h(=s ou)k e)/stin e)kkale/sasqai e)f' e(te/ran. kai\ au)to\ to\ ku/rion a(plw=s.
Notes (2)
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (7)
- Catharine Rothtweaked translation
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