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Ἀδύνατοι · incapables, handicappeds (α 540) · 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

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α536sweet
α537to be impossibles
α538you are hunting impossible things
α539impotently
α540incapables, handicappeds
α541inexorable
α542adyton, innermost sanctuary
α543unseemly
α544unwillingly

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Ἀδύνατοι

incapables, handicappeds

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Apr 2000Vetting: high11 revisions

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4 notes · 34 words

Translation

[Meaning] those incapacitated in the body.¹ After being approved by the [sc. Athenian] council, these men received, some say two obols a day,² some say an obol.³ But Philochorus says nine drachmas a month.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀδύνατοι· οἱ πεπηρωμένοι τὸ σῶμα· ἐλάμβανον δὲ οὗτοι δοκιμασθέντες ὑπὸ τῆς βουλῆς, οἱ μέν φασιν, ἑκάστης ἡμέρας ὀβολοὺς δύο, οἱ δὲ ὀβολόν. Φιλόχορος δέ φησιν ἐννέα δραχμὰς κατὰ μῆνα.

Betacode

*)adu/natoi: oi( pephrwme/noi to\ sw=ma: e)la/mbanon de\ ou(=toi dokimasqe/ntes u(po\ th=s boulh=s, oi( me/n fasin, e(ka/sths h(me/ras o)bolou\s du/o, oi( de\ o)bolo/n. *filo/xoros de/ fhsin e)nne/a draxma\s kata\ mh=na.

Notes (4)

Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting in the first instance on Aeschines 1.103.
1And, adds Harpok., possessing less than three minas of property. ↩
2?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 49.4 (web address 1). ↩
3Lysias 24. 13, 26 (web addresses 2 and 3). ↩
4Philochorus FGrH 328 F197a.

References

P.J. Rhodes, The Athenian Boule (Oxford 1972) 175-6 (with a developmental explanation of the three figures given here)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

α538Ἀδύνατα θηρᾷςyou are hunting impossible things α539Ἀδυναστίimpotently α540Ἀδύνατοιincapables, handicappeds α541Ἀδυσώπητονinexorable α542Ἄδυτονadyton, innermost sanctuary

Revision history11 revisions · last 7 Jan 2015

7 Jan 2015tweaked link — Catharine Roth
6 Jan 2015 — David Whitehead
5 Jan 2015coding — Catharine Roth
20 Jul 2011augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Mar 2008added links — Jennifer Benedict
14 Aug 2006augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
10 Jun 2003added more keywords — David Whitehead
18 Sep 2000modified translation; added notes and bibliography — David Whitehead
10 Sep 2000Altered wording, added reference. — Catharine Roth
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11 Apr 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀδύνατοι (Adler number alpha 540), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 11 Apr 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/540

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