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Ἐνῆν · was in, was permissible (ε 1313) · 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 ε1313

ε1309leapt in
ε1310to have been involved in
ε1311coming in (?)
ε1312clad in, fitted with
ε1313was in, was permissible
ε1314was in
ε1315became man, took on human nature
ε1316kind (?)
ε1317slew

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1313

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Ἐνῆν

was in, was permissible

Translated by Catharine Roth4 May 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 26 words

Translation

[Meaning it was] possible, [it was] admitting [of].¹
"Examining [them] with scourges, as was permissible, he discerned the condition of the enemy." Meaning as [was] possible.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐνῆν· δυνατόν, ἐνδεχόμενον. ὁ δὲ μάστιξιν, ὡς ἐνῆν, ἀνετάσας διέγνω ὡς ἔχει τὸ πολέμιον. ἀντὶ τοῦ ὡς δυνατόν.

Betacode

*)enh=n: dunato/n, e)ndexo/menon. o( de\ ma/sticin, w(s e)nh=n, a)neta/sas die/gnw w(s e)/xei to\ pole/mion. a)nti\ tou= w(s dunato/n.

Notes (1)

[1] The headword is imperfect of e)/neimi, third person singular, used impersonally; cf. epsilon 1314, epsilon 1388. Glossed likewise or similarly in other lexica; see also a gloss on Dionysius the Areopagite (PG 4.25) and (for '[it was] possible') the scholia to Lucian, Icaromenippus 5.
2Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.8.4, on the interrogation of captured scouts, loyal to the Persian rebel Baram, by Roman general Narses (summer of 591); cf. de Boor (202) and Whitby (142). On Baram (Bahram), see beta 103, kappa 1128 note, and kappa 2025 note. On Narses, Roman general in the East 591-603, see PLRE IIIb s.v. Narses(10).

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)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)

Linked from3 entries

ε1314Ἐνῆνwas in[Meaning he/she/it] existed.
ε2328Ἐπίθετοιadded, additional, extra[Meaning] those from external sources. "Narses, learning that the additional forces from Armenia were approaching, writes to John."
ε2631Ἐπιστολεῖςcouriers, secretaries[Meaning] letter-carriers. "Narses sent couriers to John and advised him that they should not join battle with the Persians until their forces were combined."

Neighbouring entries

ε1311Ἔνηλυςcoming in (?)ε1312Ἐνημμένοςclad in, fitted with ε1313Ἐνῆνwas in, was permissible ε1314Ἐνῆνwas in ε1315Ἐνηνθρώπησενbecame man, took on human nature

Revision history5 revisions · last 21 Feb 2025

21 Feb 2025expanded n.2, added bibliography and cross-references — Ronald Allen
26 Jan 2016cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
12 Jan 2016tweaked n.1 — David Whitehead
26 Aug 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
4 May 2007another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 May 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐνῆν (Adler number epsilon 1313), trans. Catharine Roth, 4 May 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1313

Translation by Catharine Roth 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 ↗