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Ἀδηλία · uncertainty (α 458) · Suda

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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 α458

α454asking [me] to sing as if entertaining cicadas
α455you sing as if sailing into Delos
α456being sated
α457unhurt
α458uncertainty
α459I am bewildered
α460having disguised, having obfuscated
α461distress, trouble
α462being distressed, being troubled

Suda/Α alpha/α458

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Ἀδηλία

uncertainty

Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Mar 2001Vetting: high9 revisions

biography
definition
historiography
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military affairs

1 note · 34 words

Translation

[Meaning] indefiniteness, inexperience.
"By using arrogance and casting as little as possible into mind the uncertainty of the war he easily trusted that he would take the barbarian [kingdom]."¹
But a)dhli/a [is] also obscurity.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀδηλία· ἀοριστία, ἀπειρία. τῷ δὲ ὑπερηφανίᾳ χρωμένῳ καὶ τὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἀδηλίαν ἥκιστα βαλλομένῳ εἰς νοῦν ἠλπίζε ῥᾳδίως αἱρήσειν τὸ βάρβαρον. Ἀδηλία δὲ καὶ ἡ κρυφιότης.

Betacode

*)adhli/a: a)oristi/a, a)peiri/a. tw=| de\ u(perhfani/a| xrwme/nw| kai\ th\n tou= pole/mou a)dhli/an h(/kista ballome/nw| ei)s nou=n h)lpi/ze r(a|di/ws ai(rh/sein to\ ba/rbaron. *)adhli/a de\ kai\ h( krufio/ths.

Notes (1)

[1] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.
2Same material, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.

Neighbouring entries

α456Ἀδηκότεςbeing sated α457Ἀδήλητοςunhurt α458Ἀδηλίαuncertainty α459ἈδημονῶI am bewildered α460Ἀδηλώσαςhaving disguised, having obfuscated

Revision history9 revisions · last 19 Apr 2015

19 Apr 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2015tweak, coding — Catharine Roth
10 Jan 2012 — David Whitehead
27 Feb 2011 — David Whitehead
21 Feb 2011augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Apr 2002restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2001modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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19 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀδηλία (Adler number alpha 458), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 19 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/458

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗