Ἐξαργυρῶσαι
to turn [something] into silver [coinage]
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Jun 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. One should say] e)cargurw=sai , not e)carguri/sai . Thucydides [in book] 8 [writes]: "not even if it were necessary finally to turn his own [silver] couch into silver".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐξαργυρῶσαι, οὐκ ἐξαργυρίσαι· Θουκυδίδης ηʹ· οὐδ' ἢν δέῃ τελευτῶντα τὴν ἑαυτοῦ στρωμνὴν ἐξαργυρῶσαι.
Betacode
*)ecargurw=sai, ou)k e)carguri/sai: *qoukudi/dhs h#: ou)d' h)\n de/h| teleutw=nta th\n e(autou= strwmnh\n e)cargurw=sai.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica. It concerns Thucydides 8.81.3, where the aorist infinitives of
e)carguro/w ande)carguri/zw are alternative readings (web address 1).
Alcibiades represents the words as coming from the Persian satrap Tissaphernes; cf. mu 1067.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Sep 2012
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth