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Ἐξ ὁμολόγου · by agreement (ε 1794) · 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 ε1794

ε1790having taken hostages
ε1791I keep company with, I live with
ε1792they deny on oath
ε1793admission, confession (of gratitude)
ε1794by agreement
ε1795I acknowledge, I admit, I confess
ε1796they wipe off (from themselves)
ε1797to deny on oath
ε1798might deny on oath

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1794

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Ἐξ ὁμολόγου

by agreement

Translated by David Whitehead26 Jul 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

biography
definition
historiography
history
military affairs

1 note · 39 words

Translation

[Meaning by] open [means]. "Because of the battles by agreement and in close combat many were falling(?) from one another."¹ And elsewhere: "he was in no position at all to enter into an all-embracing judgment by agreement"² Meaning face-to-face.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐξ ὁμολόγου· προφανοῦς. διὰ τὰς ἐξ ὁμολόγου καὶ συστάδην μάχας πολλοὶ ἔπιπτον ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων. καὶ αὖθις· εἰς ὁλοσχερῆ δὲ κρίσιν ἐξ ὁμολόγου καταβαίνειν οὐχ οἷός τ' ἦν. κατὰ πρόσωπον.

Betacode

*)ec o(molo/gou: profanou=s. dia\ ta\s e)c o(molo/gou kai\ susta/dhn ma/xas polloi\ e)/pipton e)c a)mfote/rwn. kai\ au)=qis: ei)s o(losxerh= de\ kri/sin e)c o(molo/gou katabai/nein ou)x oi(=o/s t' h)=n. kata\ pro/swpon.

Notes (1)

[1] Polybius fr. 144 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (533) that Schweighäuser attributed this fragment to Polybius. Toup linked (ibid.) part of this fragment (ta\s e)c o(molo/gou kai\ susta/dhn ma/xas, the battles by agreement and in close combat) with Polybius 11.32.7 (web address 1).
2Polybius 3.90.5 (on Q. Fabius Maximus in relation to Hannibal in 217 BCE).

References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ε1612Ἐξεκύκλησανthey wheeled out[Meaning] they carried out. Aelian [writes]: "when they wheeled him out into the theater, he had his head covered [because of?] his profligacy."

Neighbouring entries

ε1792Ἐξόμνυσινthey deny on oath ε1793Ἐξομολόγησιςadmission, confession (of gratitude)ε1794Ἐξ ὁμολόγουby agreement ε1795ἘξομολογοῦμαιI acknowledge, I admit, I confess ε1796Ἐξομόργνυνταιthey wipe off (from themselves)

Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Sep 2018

9 Sep 2018revised translation in n.1 — Ronald Allen
8 Sep 2018expanded n.1, added bibliography, added link — Ronald Allen
19 Sep 2012Revised — David Whitehead
27 Jul 2007expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
26 Jul 2007set status — Catharine Roth
26 Jul 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐξ ὁμολόγου (Adler number epsilon 1794), trans. David Whitehead, 26 Jul 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1794

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