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Ἐπεκήρυξαν · they proclaimed (ε 2037) · Suda

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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 ε2037

ε2033I was leaping upon, they were leaping upon
ε2034used to call out
ε2035scoffed at
ε2036beyond
ε2037they proclaimed
ε2038was sending heralds
ε2039spun for
ε2040washed over
ε2041was going wild, began to go wild

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2037

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Ἐπεκήρυξαν

they proclaimed

Translated by William Hutton1 Sep 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 33 words

Translation

[Meaning] they spoke clearly and forcefully. "They also proclaimed that they would give a talent to the informant."¹
And elsewhere: "they, unable to hold out against the thirst, sent a messenger by herald."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπεκήρυξαν· διασήμως καὶ διαπρυσίως ἐλάλησαν. καὶ ἐπεκήρυξάν τε τάλαντον δώσειν τῷ μηνύσαντι. καὶ αὖθις· οἱ δὲ ἀντισχεῖν τῷ δίψει μὴ δυνηθέντες ἐπεκηρυκεύσαντο.

Betacode

*)epekh/rucan: diash/mws kai\ diaprusi/ws e)la/lhsan. kai\ e)pekh/ruca/n te ta/lanton dw/sein tw=| mhnu/santi. kai\ au)=qis: oi( de\ a)ntisxei=n tw=| di/yei mh\ dunhqe/ntes e)pekhrukeu/santo.

Notes (2)

The headword is aorist indicative active, third person plural, of e)pikhru/ssw (cf. epsilon 2360). It might be extracted from the first quotation given here, though there are extant alternatives in (e.g.) Herodotus and Polybius.
1Quotation unidentifiable (Adler suggests Aelian), via the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. Such proclamations of reward using forms of the headword are not uncommon. Adler cites the case of Diagoras at delta 524 (and Ammonius 184), but there is also Plutarch, Themistocles 29, as well as Lysias 6.18 (a closer parallel than any of the others). ↩
2Quotation (already at alpha 2729) unidentifiable. Adler also cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (2316, 2318). This quotation uses a form of a verb, khrukeu/omai, that is different from, though related to, the headword. This verb is also glossed in the next entry, epsilon 2038, and it is possible that this quotation was meant for that entry.

Linked from3 entries

α2729Ἀντισχεῖνto endure[Meaning] to withstand. "Unable to endure their thirst, they dispatched a herald." Also [sc. attested is] a)nti/sxwmai ["I would endure"], aorist subjunctive, [meaning] I would hold fast against.
ε2038Ἐπεκηρυκεύετοwas sending heralds[Meaning he/she/it] was communicating through a herald. "Since not even one person was sending heralds on behalf of Lucius, Dekebalos was conversing with him."
ε2656Ἐπιτάδεon this side[Meaning] the hither [land]. "[He] establishing all the [land] on this side of the rivers [as] inaccessible to the barbarians."

Neighbouring entries

ε2035Ἐπεκερτόμησενscoffed at ε2036Ἐπέκειναbeyond ε2037Ἐπεκήρυξανthey proclaimed ε2038Ἐπεκηρυκεύετοwas sending heralds ε2039Ἐπέκλωσενspun for

Revision history5 revisions · last 21 Jul 2017

21 Jul 2017cosmetics — Catharine Roth
22 Jan 2016expanded primary note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Oct 2012cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Sep 2007augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Sep 2007cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
1 Sep 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπεκήρυξαν (Adler number epsilon 2037), trans. William Hutton, 1 Sep 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2037

Translation by William Hutton 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 ↗