Ἀχρηστία
uselessness
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Appian [writes]: "Horatius had had his limbs tortured, and did not achieve the consulship either in wartime or in peacetime because of the uselessness of his limbs."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀχρηστία. Ἀππιανός· ὁ δὲ Ὡράτιος λελωβημένος ἦν τὰ σκέλη, ὑπατείας τε οὐκ ἔτυχεν οὔτε ἐν πολέμῳ οὔτε ἐν εἰρήνῃ διὰ τὴν ἀχρηστίαν τῶν ποδῶν.