Ἐξ ἐπιτάγματος
by command, by injunction
Translated by David Whitehead11 Jun 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
"Caesar appeared by command, but kept silent and followed."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐξ ἐπιτάγματος· καὶ ὁ Καῖσαρ παρῆν ἐξ ἐπιτάγματος, ἀλλ' ἐσιώπα καὶ εἵπετο.
Betacode
*)ec e)pita/gmatos: kai\ o( *kai=sar parh=n e)c e)pita/gmatos, a)ll' e)siw/pa kai\ ei(/peto.
Notes (1)
- The headword phrase might be extracted from the quotation given, or simply illustrated by it. (The phrase itself occurs in Demosthenes 19.185. and frequently in post-classical writers.)↩
cf. generally epsilon 2661.- 1Quotation -- and hence the identity of the 'Caesar' in question -- indeterminable.
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