Χρεία

service

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 4 Apr 2008 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions

Translation

[Meaning] function, providence.¹
"When he recovered from the wound, he supposed he would provide true service to his country's affairs."²
Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: "Service, even if it is uninspired, teaches the wise man."³ A Carthaginian [sentiment?].⁴ That is, those who practice the intelligence made possible by the opportunity.

Greek original

Χρεία· ὑπόθεσις, πρόνοια. ὁ δὲ ὑπελάμβανεν ὑγιασθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ τραύματος ἀληθινὴν παρέχεσθαι χρείαν τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασι. καὶ παροιμία· Χρεία διδάσκει, κἂν ἄμουσος ᾖ, σοφόν. Καρχηδόνιον. τουτέστιν ἐνδεχομένην ἐκ τοῦ καιροῦ ποιησάμενοι τὴν ἐπίνοιαν.

Betacode

*xrei/a: u(po/qesis, pro/noia. o( de\ u(pela/mbanen u(giasqei\s e)k tou= trau/matos a)lhqinh\n pare/xesqai xrei/an toi=s koinoi=s pra/gmasi. kai\ paroimi/a: *xrei/a dida/skei, ka)\n a)/mousos h)=|, sofo/n. *karxhdo/nion. toute/stin e)ndexome/nhn e)k tou= kairou= poihsa/menoi th\n e)pi/noian.

Notes (3)

[1] Adler notes Kuster's proposal to emend the second glossing term here from pronoia to penia 'poverty', and Bernhardy's rejection of the proposal.
2Polybius 3.70.5 (web address 1), on Scipio. See further below, n.4. ↩
3Euripides fr.715; Arsenius 18.41e. ↩
4The transmitted *karxhdo/nion is opaque as it stands. Adler's apparatus notes A. Meineke's proposed emendation to *karxhdoni/w|, i.e. in Menander's comedy of that name. Alternatively (and preferably?), as Bernhardy suggested, 'Carthaginian' is a displaced gloss on Scipio's wound (for which cf. Polybius 3.66.2 & 9, 3.68.6).

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External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbours in Adler order

χ462Χρεῶν ἀποκοπαίcancellations of debts χ463Χρεώστηςdebtor χ464Χρεωφειλέτηςdebtor χ465Χρείαservice χ466Χρείεινto avail against; to wound χ467Χρείῃit might be necessary χ468Χρείωneed

Revisions (6)

27 Jun 2023Catharine Rothtweaked link
13 Nov 2013David Whitehead
7 Feb 2011David Whiteheadfurther expansion of notes
4 Apr 2008David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics
4 Apr 2008Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*xrei/a: u(po/qesis, pro/noia. o( de\ u(pela/mbanen u(giasqei\s e)k tou= trau/matos a)lhqinh\n pare/xesqai xrei/an toi=s koinoi=s pra/gmasi. kai\ paroimi/a: *xrei/a dida/skei, ka)\n a)/mousos h)=|, sofo/n. *karxhdo/nion. toute/stin e)ndexome/nhn e)k tou= kairou= poihsa/menoi th\n e)pi/noian.

Notes (3)

[1] Adler notes Kuster's proposal to emend the second glossing term here from pronoia to penia 'poverty', and Bernhardy's rejection of the proposal.

2Polybius 3.70.5 (web address 1), on Scipio. See further below, n.4. ↩

3Euripides fr.715; Arsenius 18.41e. ↩

4The transmitted *karxhdo/nion is opaque as it stands. Adler's apparatus notes A. Meineke's proposed emendation to *karxhdoni/w|, i.e. in Menander's comedy of that name. Alternatively (and preferably?), as Bernhardy suggested, 'Carthaginian' is a displaced gloss on Scipio's wound (for which cf. Polybius 3.66.2 & 9, 3.68.6).