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Δυσθανατῶντα · longing for death, about to die a difficult death (δ 1638) · Suda

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δ1634dissonant
δ1635hard to heal
δ1636sea-dipped (nets)
δ1637hard to heal
δ1638longing for death, about to die a difficult death
δ1639godless, ungodly
δ1640dissatisfied
δ1641hard to catch
δ1642despondent

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Δυσθανατῶντα

longing for death, about to die a difficult death

Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo22 Mar 2005Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 32 words

Translation

[Meaning] bringing one's life to an end forcibly. "In a part of the path they observed a Roman soldier on the point of a painful death, his body adorned by four wounds".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυσθανατῶντα· βιαίως τὸν βίον καταστρέφοντα. ἐν δέ τινι μοίρᾳ τῆς ἀτραποῦ δυσθανατῶντα στρατιώτην Ῥωμαῖον περιεβλέψαντο, τέτρασι βολαῖς τὸ σῶμα κοσμούμενον.

Betacode

*dusqanatw=nta: biai/ws to\n bi/on katastre/fonta. e)n de/ tini moi/ra| th=s a)trapou= dusqanatw=nta stratiw/thn *(rwmai=on perieble/yanto, te/trasi bolai=s to\ sw=ma kosmou/menon.

Notes (1)

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword (extracted from the quotation given) and the gloss are present participles in the masculine accusative singular.
For the verb dusqanata/w see LSJ s.v.; it is not to be confused with dusqanate/w (which would give rise to the participle dusqanatou=nta), I die hard/struggle against death.
1Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.6.1 (probably via one of the lost books of Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti), on a badly wounded Roman soldier at the Battle of Solachon (586 CE; cf. alpha 141 note); cf. de Boor (79), Whitby (50), and cross-references to related entries at alpha 141.

References

C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)

Linked from1 entry

α141Ἀγάμενοςadmiring, wondering at, marveling at[Meaning someone] being amazed at. "Admiring this man for his good courage they let him ride on the horse."

Neighbouring entries

δ1636Δυσιθάλασσαsea-dipped (nets)δ1637Δυσίτητοςhard to heal δ1638Δυσθανατῶνταlonging for death, about to die a difficult death δ1639Δύσθεοςgodless, ungodly δ1640Δυσθετήσαςdissatisfied

Revision history7 revisions · last 19 Feb 2025

19 Feb 2025tweaked n.1 — Ronald Allen
15 Feb 2025another headword translation — Catharine Roth
15 Feb 2025tweaked translation at the instigation of Ron Allen — Catharine Roth
13 Feb 2025expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-references, and keywords — Ronald Allen
7 Mar 2015coding — Catharine Roth
20 Jul 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Mar 2005modified headword and translation; augmented note — David Whitehead
22 Mar 2005Translated — Stefano Sanfilippo

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δυσθανατῶντα (Adler number delta 1638), trans. Stefano Sanfilippo, 22 Mar 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1638

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