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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 β169

β165accessible
β166stepping
β167prejudice, slander
β168is malevolent, is slanderous
β169I bear a grudge against you
β170steps, gradations
β171Bassos the Corinthian
β172I lift up, I raise, I exalt
β173having raised up

Suda/Β beta/β169

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Βασκαίνω σοι

I bear a grudge against you

Translated by Craig Gibson6 Jun 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

dialects, grammar, and etymology
rhetoric

1 note · 25 words

Translation

[sc. The verb is used] always [so, i.e. with a dative].¹ But Libanius [uses it] with an accusative: "they bear a grudge against their relative."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βασκαίνω σοι ἀεί· ὁ δὲ Λιβάνιος αἰτιατικῇ· τὸν προσήκοντα βασκαίνουσι.

Betacode

*baskai/nw soi a)ei/: o( de\ *liba/nios ai)tiatikh=|: to\n prosh/konta baskai/nousi.

Notes (1)

[1] cf. beta 168.
2Libanius fr. 68 Foerster (contextless: this phrase only; it may not be justified to add at the start of it, as Foerster does, the Suda's 'always').

Linked from4 entries

α22Ἀβάσκανοςunprejudiced[Meaning someone/something] deceit-free, envy-free. "He [Mithradates] became an unprejudiced witness to Caesar of the achievements of Antipater."
β167Βασκανίαprejudice, slanderand [sc. also attested is the related adjective ba/skanos, meaning] prejudiced/slanderous. They apply the [word] slanderous simply to verbal abuse. "You do not lie, despite being very slanderous."
β168Βασκαίνειis malevolent, is slanderous[Used] with a dative. Meaning complains and blames and maligns. So Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon [sc. uses the word]. And later he says "no measure of mine has been malevolent and harsh and unkindly-meant".…
χ245ΧειρίζωI handle[I handle] always. Also [sc. attested is] kexeiroko/tes ["they having handled"]. Candidus the historian says that Leo the Butcher, who was emperor after Marcian, spent countless funds in his campaign against the…

Neighbouring entries

β167Βασκανίαprejudice, slander β168Βασκαίνειis malevolent, is slanderous β169Βασκαίνω σοιI bear a grudge against you β170Βασμοίsteps, gradations β171Βάσσος ΚορίνθιοςBassos the Corinthian

Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Sep 2015

17 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
1 Aug 2011expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
7 Jun 2002modified headword and translation; added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Jun 2002Translated — Craig Gibson

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βασκαίνω σοι (Adler number beta 169), trans. Craig Gibson, 6 Jun 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/169

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