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Δεδοξοποιημένον · with a reputation for judgment (δ 158) · Suda

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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

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δ154we have been overpowered
δ155conquered
δ156lying in wait for
δ157approved (ones), tested (ones)
δ158with a reputation for judgment
δ159has glanced
δ160the catch has been given even to bad men
δ161having crashed
δ162clutching

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Δεδοξοποιημένον

with a reputation for judgment

Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning someone] adorned with judgment. Polybius [writes]: "for whereas other creatures are the slaves of their bodily desires, [...] the human race, despite the expectations placed on it, goes astray no less through thoughtlessness than through natural appetite".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δεδοξοποιημένον· δόξῃ κοσμούμενον. Πολύβιος· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλα ζῷα ταῖς τοῦ σώματος ἐπιθυμίαις δουλεύει· τὸ δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος καὶ προσδεδοξασμένον οὐχ ἧττον διὰ τὴν ἀλογιστίαν ἢ διὰ τὴν φύσιν ἁμαρτάνει.

Betacode

*dedocopoihme/non: do/ch| kosmou/menon. *polu/bios: ta\ me\n ga\r a)/lla zw=|a tai=s tou= sw/matos e)piqumi/ais douleu/ei: to\ de\ tw=n a)nqrw/pwn ge/nos kai\ prosdedocasme/non ou)x h(=tton dia\ th\n a)logisti/an h)\ dia\ th\n fu/sin a(marta/nei.

Notes

An abridged version of Polybius 18.15.16 -- from the end of his celebrated digression on treachery (18.13-15).
Besides the abridgement, this version does not, when quoting the relevant extract, repeat the headword participle dedocopoihme/non (from docopoie/w) but gives a variant (translated here), prosdedocasme/non. Modern editors ignore this and print dedocopoihme/non (rendered in LSJ as 'possess[ing] the power of judgment', but see rather the Loeb translator W.R. Paton, 'man, for all the high opinion that has been formed of him').

Linked from2 entries

α2535Ἄνθρωποςhuman, man"The race of humans, which gives the impression of being the most resourceful of all creatures, has good reason to be [considered] the basest. For all other creatures are slaves to their bodily desires and err because…
ε2342Ἐπιθυμία σώματοςbody's appetite, body's desireSearch under [the entry] "possessing the power of judgment".

Neighbouring entries

δ156Δεδοκημένοςlying in wait for δ157Δεδοκιμασμέναapproved (ones), tested (ones)δ158Δεδοξοποιημένονwith a reputation for judgment δ159Δέδορκενhas glanced δ160Δέδοται καὶ κακοῖσιν ἄγραthe catch has been given even to bad men

Revision history3 revisions · last 8 Oct 2015

8 Oct 2015Revised — David Whitehead
18 Jun 2012expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
8 Oct 2003fixed typo, set status — Catharine Roth
5 Oct 2003Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δεδοξοποιημένον (Adler number delta 158), trans. David Whitehead, 5 Oct 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/158

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