Ἀψήφιστον
not-voted-for
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"He who controls what is not-voted-for in an inquiry completes the entire indictment."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀψήφιστον· ὁ κατέχων τὸ ἀψήφιστον ἐν γνώσει ἐπιτελεῖ πᾶσαν τὴν γραφήν.
Betacode
*)ayh/fiston: o( kate/xwn to\ a)yh/fiston e)n gnw/sei e)pitelei= pa=san th\n grafh/n.
Notes
- See web address 1 below for the LSJ entry on this word. It gives two instances: (i) from Aristophanes, Wasps 752, where an apsephistos is a juror who has not yet cast his vote, and (ii) from the Sententiae of Secundus (C2 CE), where poverty which is figuratively speaking not-voted-for is unwelcome. The present quotation (repeated at psi 83) seems more akin to i than to ii, but the object is impersonal, and the overall import obscure.