Ἐξιστάμενος
making way [for]
Translated by Catharine Roth14 Jul 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐξιστάμενος· ἀντὶ τοῦ παραχωρῶν. ὁ οὖν Μάρκελλος κύριος ἦν τῶν πραγμάτων, ὀνόματος μόνου καὶ σχήματος τῷ Ἰουλιανῷ ἐξιστάμενος, τὴν δὲ ἀληθεστέραν αὐτὸς ἀρχὴν μεταχειριζόμενος. τάττεται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐκπληττόμενος.
Betacode
*)ecista/menos: a)nti\ tou= paraxwrw=n. o( ou)=n *ma/rkellos ku/rios h)=n tw=n pragma/twn, o)no/matos mo/nou kai\ sxh/matos tw=| *)ioulianw=| e)cista/menos, th\n de\ a)lhqeste/ran au)to\s a)rxh\n metaxeirizo/menos. ta/ttetai de\ kai\ e)pi\ tou= e)kplhtto/menos.
Notes (2)
- [1] The headword is present middle participle of↩
e)ci/sthmi , masculine nominative singular; presumably extracted from the quotation given. For the verb, cf. epsilon 624, epsilon 1661, epsilon 1770, epsilon 1772.- 2Eunapius fr. 8a FHG (4.16); Blockley, Eunapius fr. 16.[2]. ↩
- 3cf. epsilon 1660, epsilon 1773; also the related noun
e)/kstasis at epsilon 622.
References
Blockley, R.C. The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Vol. II. Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1983.
Linked from5 entries
- ε624Ἐκστῆναιto stand aside[Meaning] to give way. "[His advice was] to stand aside from the wretchedness of the lesser folk in favor of others." And elsewhere: "[that] Mithridates [...] was to yield Bithynia to Nikomedes."
- ε1661Ἐξέστησανthey stood aside[Meaning] they withdrew. "The barbarians stood aside for them because they were stronger."
- ε1770ἘξίσταμαιI stand aside from, I abandon[Used] with a genitive. Also [sc. attested is the participle] e)cista/menos ["standing aside from"].
- ε1772Ἐξίστασθαιto make way, to stand apart[Meaning] to separate oneself. "He commanded those who were complicit in the revolt to stand apart, and he shot them down." "[You] must keep holy silence and stand aside for our choruses" -- ['stand aside'] meaning give…
- ε1773Ἐξίστησινchanges, amazes[Meaning he/she/it] confounds. "Neither fear confounds them nor expenses nor effort."
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Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Sep 2014
- Added brackets to Blockley fragment (brackets are used by Blockley to indicate possibly by Eunapius). — Aaron Baker
- modified translation; added Blockley citation & bibliographical entry. — Aaron Baker
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added note with cross-references — Catharine Roth
- supplemented translation; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth