Βλακεία
laziness, slackness, sloth
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Dec 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βλακεία· ῥᾳστώνη, ἔκλυσις, χαυνότης. οὐ γὰρ στρατηγῶν βλακείαις ἢ φιλοψυχίαις τὰ πράγματα ἐπέτρεψεν, ἀλλ' αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον ἑαυτὸν ἀναδείξας στρατηγὸν ἐξώρμησεν.
Betacode
*blakei/a: r(a|stw/nh, e)/klusis, xauno/ths. ou) ga\r strathgw=n blakei/ais h)\ filoyuxi/ais ta\ pra/gmata e)pe/treyen, a)ll' au)to\s e)pi\ to\n po/lemon e(auto\n a)nadei/cas strathgo\n e)cw/rmhsen.
Notes (2)
Linked from6 entries
- β314Βλάξslack[Meaning] soft, sluggish; relaxed; or stupid.
- β316Βλακεύεταιgets lazy, is lazy[*blakeu/etai] and blakeu/ei: [meaning he/she/it] acts soft. 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…
- β317Βλακείαlaziness, sloth[Meaning] disdain, stupidity. "Grooms used to take a three-obol [wage] on account of sloth."
- β319Βλακικῶςlazily, slacklyMeaning slowly. "How lazily you are serving."
- κ479ΚαταβλακεύωI mismanage, I treat carelessly[Used] with an accusative.
- κ905Κατεβλακευμένωςslothfully[Meaning] slowly and daintily. For one who has made his body soft in his manner [is called] bla/c ["slothful"]. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] blakei/a ["sloth"], [meaning] disdainful association.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Aug 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict