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Δυσωπῶ · I put to shame; I exhort (δ 1677) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near δ1677

δ1673ill-named
δ1674to look askance at
δ1675confusion of face, false modesty
δ1676I am timid
δ1677I put to shame; I exhort
δ1678they will keep painful watch
δ1679Dysoron, Dysorum, Dusoron
δ1680hard to wrestle with
δ1681evil Paris

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Δυσωπῶ

I put to shame; I exhort

Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo13 Feb 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 43 words

Translation

[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I supplicate. *duswpw= [is] also [used] in the sense of "I exhort" and in the sense of "I feel respect".¹ "Hoping to put the Jews to shame by being unwilling to abuse them even though it was possible."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυσωπῶ· αἰτιατικῇ. ἱκετεύω. Δυσωπῶ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ παρακαλῶ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐντρέπομαι. τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἐλπίσας δυσωπήσειν ἐν τῷ κακοῦν ἐξὸν μὴ θέλειν.

Betacode

*duswpw=: ai)tiatikh=|. i(keteu/w. *duswpw= kai\ e)pi\ tou= parakalw= kai\ e)pi\ tou= e)ntre/pomai. tou\s *)ioudai/ous e)lpi/sas duswph/sein e)n tw=| kakou=n e)co\n mh\ qe/lein.

Notes (2)

This verb seems not to have been used by writers in the active voice before the first century AD (since we find the first references in Josephus, Epictetus and Plutarch), whereas the middle/passive can be found earlier: esp. Plato, Xenophon, Demosthenes (cf. delta 1674).
1Perhaps the compiler of this entry intends to refer not to e)ntre/pomai ("I feel respect") but to e)ntre/pw, the active form of the same verb: "I put to shame, "I discountenance"; cf. delta 1674. ↩
2Josephus, Jewish War 5.333, with slight differences (see web address 1); cf. epsilon 1799, with nearly the same quotation. The subject is Titus (*kai=sar), son of the new emperor Vespasian, during the siege of Jerusalem. (For Josephus see generally iota 502, iota 503.)

References

Flavius Josephus. Flavii Iosephi opera. B. Niese. Berlin. Weidmann. 1895

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from3 entries

δ1674Δυσωπεῖσθαιto look askance at[Meaning] to look sideways at, and to treat suspiciously, to fear with suspicion. "Observing that the brother was looking askance at everything and was looking sideways at none of the relishes without suspicion". Also…
δ1676ΔυσωποῦμαιI am timidDemosthenes in [the] Philippics and Xenophon in [the] Memorabilia [use it] to mean I am afraid.
ε1799Ἐξόνbeing allowed.[Meaning being] possible. Josephus [writes]: "but now, hoping to put the Jews to shame by being unwilling, even though it was possible, to harm them [unnecessarily ...]".

Neighbouring entries

δ1675Δυσωπίαconfusion of face, false modesty δ1676ΔυσωποῦμαιI am timid δ1677ΔυσωπῶI put to shame; I exhort δ1678Δυσωρήσονταιthey will keep painful watch δ1679ΔύσωρονDysoron, Dysorum, Dusoron

Revision history5 revisions · last 17 Nov 2015

17 Nov 2015Revised — David Whitehead
21 Feb 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Jul 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2005modified translation of the Josephus passage; cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Feb 2005cosmetics, link, status — Catharine Roth
13 Feb 2005Translated — Stefano Sanfilippo

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δυσωπῶ (Adler number delta 1677), trans. Stefano Sanfilippo, 13 Feb 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1677

Translation by Stefano Sanfilippo 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 ↗