Ἀφειδήσας

having been unsparing

Translated by William Hutton · 21 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 13 revisions

Translation

[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he] having been neglectful.¹
"And in your manner you two were very unsparing and very murderous."²
Also [sc. attested is the related abstract noun] a)feidi/a ["unsparingness"], [meaning] relentlessness.
Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] a)feidw=s ["unsparingly"], [meaning] imprudently, inadvisedly.
Agathias [writes]: "since [Germanus] was very young and not yet able to control and restrain completely the impulses of his nature, and rather more inclined to that part of his character that was immoderately ambitious than to prudence and steadiness, he kept attacking his enemies unsparingly."³

Greek original

Ἀφειδήσας· γενικῇ. ἀμελήσας. καὶ τὸν τρόπον ἀφειδεστάτω ἤστην καὶ φονικωτάτω. καὶ Ἀφειδία, καρτερία. καὶ Ἀφειδῶς, ἀπρομηθεύτως, ἀβούλως. Ἀγαθίας· ὁ δὲ νεώτατος ὢν καὶ οὔπω ἐντελῶς τᾶς τῆς φύσεως ὁρμὰς ἐπέχειν καὶ ἐγκαθείργειν δυνάμενος, ἀλλὰ πλέον τοῦ προμηθοῦς καὶ βεβηκότος τῷ φιλοδοξοῦντι τοῦ τρόπου πέρα τοῦ μετρίου ἐγκείμενος, ἀφειδῶς ἐπῄει τοῖς πολεμίοις.

Betacode

*)afeidh/sas: genikh=|. a)melh/sas. kai\ to\n tro/pon a)feidesta/tw h)/sthn kai\ fonikwta/tw. kai\ *)afeidi/a, karteri/a. kai\ *)afeidw=s, a)promhqeu/tws, a)bou/lws. *)agaqi/as: o( de\ new/tatos w)\n kai\ ou)/pw e)ntelw=s ta=s th=s fu/sews o(rma\s e)pe/xein kai\ e)gkaqei/rgein duna/menos, a)lla\ ple/on tou= promhqou=s kai\ bebhko/tos tw=| filodocou=nti tou= tro/pou pe/ra tou= metri/ou e)gkei/menos, a)feidw=s e)ph/|ei toi=s polemi/ois.

Notes (2)

[1] The headword is the aorist active participle of a)feide/w, masculine nominative singular. Same glossing in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere; cf. eta 662.
2Aelian fr. 93b Domingo-Forasté (90 Hercher). ↩
3An approximation of Agathias, Histories 5.23 (p.329 Niebuhr), on the young Byzantine military commander Germanus; cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Germanus(4) and Frendo (159). See also alpha 2461, alpha 3435, pi 1522, pi 2901, sigma 1653, and tau 881.

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References

J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
J.D. Frendo, trans., Agathias: The Histories, (Berlin 1975)

Linked from (2)

α2461Ἀνίειgave up α3435Ἀπόμαχοςbattle-free, disabled, unfit to fight

Neighbours in Adler order

α4592Ἀφετηρίαstarting-line α4593Ἄφευε τῶν φασήλων ὦ γύναι τρεῖς χοίνικαςroast three cups of kidney-beans o woman α4594Ἀφευθεὶς τὸν πρωκτόνsinged about the anus α4595Ἀφειδήσαςhaving been unsparing α4596ἈφεῖκαI have released α4597Ἀφείλετοtook away α4598Ἀφεῖνταιthey have been discharged

Revisions (13)

3 Dec 2023Ronald Allenadded cross-references n.3
10 Oct 2023Ronald Allentweaked n.3, added bibliography
5 Oct 2023Ronald Allenaugmented n.3, added cross-reference
26 Dec 2015Catharine Rothtweaked translation
24 Feb 2014Catharine Rothadded cross-reference
26 Jan 2014David Whiteheadanother x-ref
1 Nov 2012Catharine Rothupdated reference, coding
7 May 2012David Whiteheadtweaking
16 Nov 2006David Whiteheadtweaks and cosmetics
16 Nov 2006Catharine Rothaugmented notes, other cosmetics, cross-reference, keyword
28 Aug 2002David Whiteheadadded notes and keywords; cosmetics
21 Nov 2000William Huttontranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*)afeidh/sas: genikh=|. a)melh/sas. kai\ to\n tro/pon a)feidesta/tw h)/sthn kai\ fonikwta/tw. kai\ *)afeidi/a, karteri/a. kai\ *)afeidw=s, a)promhqeu/tws, a)bou/lws. *)agaqi/as: o( de\ new/tatos w)\n kai\ ou)/pw e)ntelw=s ta=s th=s fu/sews o(rma\s e)pe/xein kai\ e)gkaqei/rgein duna/menos, a)lla\ ple/on tou= promhqou=s kai\ bebhko/tos tw=| filodocou=nti tou= tro/pou pe/ra tou= metri/ou e)gkei/menos, a)feidw=s e)ph/|ei toi=s polemi/ois.

Notes (2)

[1] The headword is the aorist active participle of a)feide/w, masculine nominative singular. Same glossing in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere; cf. eta 662.

2Aelian fr. 93b Domingo-Forasté (90 Hercher). ↩

3An approximation of Agathias, Histories 5.23 (p.329 Niebuhr), on the young Byzantine military commander Germanus; cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Germanus(4) and Frendo (159). See also alpha 2461, alpha 3435, pi 1522, pi 2901, sigma 1653, and tau 881.