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Ἔμφασιν · impression (ε 1069) · Suda

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Near ε1069

ε1065squinted, looked with short sight, had myopia
ε1066ribbed-in (ones)
ε1067clear, light, visible
ε1068I explain [something] to you
ε1069impression
ε1070impression
ε1071vividly
ε1072resemblance
ε1073resembling (ones)

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1069

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Ἔμφασιν

impression

Translated by David Whitehead6 Apr 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

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3 notes · 47 words

Translation

[Meaning] pretence, thought; or size.¹
Polybius [writes]: "Philip retreated in confusion, creating an impression that he had returned for one of the operations in the Peloponnese".²
"This defence [read: abuse] and impressions no educated man would have proffered, nor even someone selling his body in a brothel".³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔμφασιν· προσποίησιν, ἐννόησιν· ἢ τὸ μέγεθος. Πολύβιος· ὁ δὲ Φίλιππος ἀνεχώρησε διαταραχθείς, ποιῶν δὲ ἔμφασιν, ὡς ἐπί τινα τῶν ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ πράξεων ἐπεστροφώς. ταύτην δὲ τὴν ἀπολογίαν καὶ τὰς ἐμφάσεις οὐχ οἷον ἄν τις διέθετο πεπαιδευμένος ἀνήρ, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ τῶν ἀπὸ τέγους ἄχρι τοῦ σώματος εἰργασμένων οὐδείς.

Betacode

*)/emfasin: prospoi/hsin, e)nno/hsin: h)\ to\ me/geqos. *polu/bios: o( de\ *fi/lippos a)nexw/rhse diataraxqei/s, poiw=n de\ e)/mfasin, w(s e)pi/ tina tw=n e)n *peloponnh/sw| pra/cewn e)pestrofw/s. tau/thn de\ th\n a)pologi/an kai\ ta\s e)mfa/seis ou)x oi(=on a)/n tis die/qeto pepaideume/nos a)nh/r, a)ll' ou)de\ tw=n a)po\ te/gous a)/xri tou= sw/matos ei)rgasme/nwn ou)dei/s.

Notes (3)

See also epsilon 1070.
1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword noun, in the accusative case, must be extracted from somewhere, but not necessarily from the first quotation given here. ↩
2Polybius 5.110.6 (the first part of it paraphrased), on Philip V of Macedon in 217/16. ↩
3Polybius 12.13.2; cf. delta 472, epsilon 1070.

Linked from3 entries

δ472ΔημοχάρηςDemocharesA nephew of Demosthenes. Concerning him, Timaios says that, having acted like a rent-boy with the upper parts of his body he was unworthy to blow the sacred flame, and that in his [sexual] habits he had surpassed the…
ε1070Ἔμφασιςimpression[Meaning] display. Polybius [writes]: "this abuse and impressions no educated man would have proffered, nor even one selling his body in a brothel. But [Timaeus], in order to gain credence for his shameful words and the…
ε1071Ἐμφαντικῶςvividly[Meaning] thoughtfully. "[Machanidas] addressed [his troops] about the imminent danger briefly but vividly". Meaning appropriately.

Neighbouring entries

ε1067Ἐμφανέςclear, light, visible ε1068Ἐμφανίζω σοιI explain [something] to you ε1069Ἔμφασινimpression ε1070Ἔμφασιςimpression ε1071Ἐμφαντικῶςvividly

Revision history5 revisions · last 13 Feb 2017

13 Feb 2017tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
7 Jan 2016Revised — David Whitehead
21 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
8 Apr 2007expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
6 Apr 2007set status — Catharine Roth
6 Apr 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔμφασιν (Adler number epsilon 1069), trans. David Whitehead, 6 Apr 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1069

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