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Ἐπαρτωμένων · dangling, suspended (ε 1983) · Suda

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ε1979to come to (someone's) aid
ε1980invoking curses on
ε1981I assist, I help
ε1982dangling, suspending
ε1983dangling, suspended
ε1984oil-cans, oil-ladles
ε1985prefect of praetorians
ε1986they ate
ε1987enchanter

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1983

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Ἐπαρτωμένων

dangling, suspended

Translated by David Whitehead21 Aug 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

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1 note · 41 words

Translation

[Meaning they] hanging.¹ "[It is said that] the man reached such a level of endurance that, even with the greatest fears dangling over him and tortures being brought to bear on him, he did not utter any of the forbidden things."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπαρτωμένων· ἐπικρεμαμένων. τὸν ἄνδρα ἐπὶ τοσόνδε καρτερίας ἐλθεῖν ὥστε μεγίστων φόβων ἐπαρτωμένων καὶ βασάνων προσαγομένων αὐτῷ οὐδὲν τῶν ἀπορρήτων εἰπεῖν.

Betacode

*)epartwme/nwn: e)pikremame/nwn. to\n a)/ndra e)pi\ toso/nde karteri/as e)lqei=n w(/ste megi/stwn fo/bwn e)partwme/nwn kai\ basa/nwn prosagome/nwn au)tw=| ou)de\n tw=n a)porrh/twn ei)pei=n.

Notes (1)

[1] The headword is present middle/passive participle, genitive plural (presumably extracted from the quotation given), of e)parta/w; cf. generally epsilon 1982.
2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 320 Zintzen.

Linked from2 entries

ε1982Ἐπαρτήσαςdangling, suspending[Meaning he] hanging. "He brought them to the Persians by dangling [sc. the prospect of] evil servitude over them." And elsewhere Aelian [writes]: "[...] not to receive their souls with friendliness, but to dangle [sc.…
ε2210Ἐπηρτημένηνimpending[Meaning] imminent.

Neighbouring entries

ε1981ἘπαρκῶI assist, I help ε1982Ἐπαρτήσαςdangling, suspending ε1983Ἐπαρτωμένωνdangling, suspended ε1984Ἐπαρυστρίδεςoil-cans, oil-ladles ε1985Ἔπαρχος πραιτωρίωνprefect of praetorians

Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Sep 2012

30 Sep 2012Revised — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2007tweaks — David Whitehead
21 Aug 2007set status — Catharine Roth
21 Aug 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπαρτωμένων (Adler number epsilon 1983), trans. David Whitehead, 21 Aug 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1983

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