Βλακεύεται
gets lazy, is lazy
Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Sep 2001Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[*blakeu/etai ] and blakeu/ei : [meaning he/she/it] acts soft.1
Damascius [writes]: "and spurring on with his speech those who were lazy in action. For idleness he considered not of less account than any [other] evil, but by far the greatest of all."2
And Xenophon [writes]: "if someone of those assigned to this seemed to him to be getting lazy, he would call out the deserving man and strike him with his staff."3
Damascius [writes]: "and spurring on with his speech those who were lazy in action. For idleness he considered not of less account than any [other] evil, but by far the greatest of all."2
And Xenophon [writes]: "if someone of those assigned to this seemed to him to be getting lazy, he would call out the deserving man and strike him with his staff."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βλακεύεται καὶ Βλακεύει· μαλακίζεται. Δαμάσκιος· καὶ παροξύνων τῷ λόγῳ τοὺς ἐν ἔργῳ βλακεύοντας. οὐδεμιᾶς γοῦν ἐτίθετο κακίας ἐλάττω τὴν ῥᾳθυμίαν, ἁπασῶν δὲ σχεδὸν τὴν μεγίστην. καὶ Ξενοφῶν· εἴ τις αὐτῷ δοκοίη τῶν πρὸς τοῦτο τεταγμένων βλακεύειν, ἐκλεγόμενος τὸν ἐπιτήδειον ἔπαιεν ἂν τῇ βακτηρίᾳ.
Betacode
*blakeu/etai kai\ *blakeu/ei: malaki/zetai. *dama/skios: kai\ parocu/nwn tw=| lo/gw| tou\s e)n e)/rgw| blakeu/ontas. ou)demia=s gou=n e)ti/qeto kaki/as e)la/ttw th\n r(a|qumi/an, a(pasw=n de\ sxedo\n th\n megi/sthn. kai\ *cenofw=n: ei)/ tis au)tw=| dokoi/h tw=n pro\s tou=to tetagme/nwn blakeu/ein, e)klego/menos to\n e)pith/deion e)/paien a)\n th=| bakthri/a|.
Notes (3)
- cf. generally beta 314, beta 315, beta 317, beta 318, beta 319.↩
- 1The twin headwords are the middle and active forms (third person singular, present indicative) of the verb
blakeu/w ; same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. ↩- 2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 21 Zintzen (237 Asmus, 16A Athanassiadi). ↩
- 3An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.11 (web address 1 below), on the disciplinary methods of Klearchos. Again, even looser, at epsilon 2687.
- 1The twin headwords are the middle and active forms (third person singular, present indicative) of the verb
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- β314Βλάξslack[Meaning] soft, sluggish; relaxed; or stupid.
- β317Βλακείαlaziness, sloth[Meaning] disdain, stupidity. "Grooms used to take a three-obol [wage] on account of sloth."
- β318Βλακείαlaziness, slackness, sloth[Meaning] leisure, relaxation, looseness. "For he did not entrust matters to the slacknesses or cowardices of generals; rather, he himself presented himself as a general and took the initiative on the war."
- β319Βλακικῶςlazily, slacklyMeaning slowly. "How lazily you are serving."
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