Διοίσειν
to bear through, to differ
Translated by Catharine Roth24 May 2005Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[dioisei=n means the same as] diafe/rein .1
"And they gave pledges that they would willingly bear the burden of war with each other".2 Meaning would bear it together.
"It was neither reasonable nor safe to break the wine-jar, being [?]new".3 Meaning to open [it].
And [there is] a saying: "you will not differ in nature from Chaerephon." In reference to those who are pale and thin; since Chaerephon was like this in nature and appearance, as if wasting away with wisdom; whence he was also called "the bat."4
Aristophanes also [writes]: "they will not differ at all from the Heraclidae of Pamphilos." This man was a tragic poet and wrote about what happened to the Heraclidae.5
"And they gave pledges that they would willingly bear the burden of war with each other".2 Meaning would bear it together.
"It was neither reasonable nor safe to break the wine-jar, being [?]new".3 Meaning to open [it].
And [there is] a saying: "you will not differ in nature from Chaerephon." In reference to those who are pale and thin; since Chaerephon was like this in nature and appearance, as if wasting away with wisdom; whence he was also called "the bat."4
Aristophanes also [writes]: "they will not differ at all from the Heraclidae of Pamphilos." This man was a tragic poet and wrote about what happened to the Heraclidae.5