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Ἐξόν · being allowed. (ε 1799) · 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 ε1799

ε1795I acknowledge, I admit, I confess
ε1796they wipe off (from themselves)
ε1797to deny on oath
ε1798might deny on oath
ε1799being allowed.
ε1800being allowed, being possible
ε1801you may name, you would name
ε1802to draw the fingernail over
ε1803a lawsuit (prepared) from vinegar

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1799

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Ἐξόν

being allowed.

Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo13 Feb 2005Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning being] possible.¹
Josephus [writes]: "but now, hoping to put the Jews to shame by being unwilling, even though it was possible, to harm them [unnecessarily ...]".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐξόν· δυνατόν. Ἰώσηπος· νῦν δὲ Ἰουδαίους ἐλπίσας δυσωπήσειν ἐν τῷ κακοῦν ἐξὸν μὴ θέλειν.

Betacode

*)eco/n: dunato/n. *)iw/shpos: nu=n de\ *)ioudai/ous e)lpi/sas duswph/sein e)n tw=| kakou=n e)co\n mh\ qe/lein.

Notes (2)

The headword is neuter accusative singular of the present participle of e)/cesti, it is possible. It is frequently used as accusative absolute, as in the Josephus passage quoted here (from which the headword is perhaps, but not necessarily, extracted).
cf. epsilon 1800 and see generally LSJ s.v.
1Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. (This is the meaning of dunato/n in a passive sense. In an active sense the meaning is strong, mighty, able to). The synonymity of e)co/n and dunato/n is nicely illustrated by pi 693, where they appear together as glosses of paro/n. ↩
2Josephus, Jewish War 5.333, with slight differences (see web address 1); see already delta 1677. The subject is Titus (*kai=sar), son of the new emperor Vespasian, during the siege of Jerusalem. For Josephus see generally iota 502, iota 503.

References

Flavius Josephus. Flavii Iosephi opera. B. Niese. Berlin. Weidmann. 1895.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

δ1677ΔυσωπῶI put to shame; I exhort[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I supplicate. *duswpw= [is] also [used] in the sense of "I exhort" and in the sense of "I feel respect". "Hoping to put the Jews to shame by being unwilling to abuse them even though…
ε1800Ἐξόνbeing allowed, being possible"Why on earth do we buy meat-hooks for our buckets, it being possible to let down an old woman like this and draw up the buckets from the wells?" In reference to lascivious and shameless old women. And the apostle Peter…

Neighbouring entries

ε1797Ἐξομόσασθαιto deny on oath ε1798Ἐξομόσαιτοmight deny on oath ε1799Ἐξόνbeing allowed.ε1800Ἐξόνbeing allowed, being possible ε1801Ἐξονομήνῃςyou may name, you would name

Revision history7 revisions · last 26 Jun 2017

26 Jun 2017tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
17 Jan 2016expanded notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Sep 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
19 Sep 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
26 Jul 2007betacode cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
14 Feb 2005modified translation; added a keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Feb 2005cosmetics, link, status — Catharine Roth
13 Feb 2005Translated — Stefano Sanfilippo

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐξόν (Adler number epsilon 1799), trans. Stefano Sanfilippo, 13 Feb 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1799

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