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Ἐπήβολος · capable, possessing, skilled (ε 2154) · Suda

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ε2150then
ε2151since for him
ε2152was holding out, was holding back
ε2153let us be pressed
ε2154capable, possessing, skilled
ε2155most capable, most skilled
ε2156won over
ε2157used to order, used to proclaim
ε2158used to proclaim

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2154

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Ἐπήβολος

capable, possessing, skilled

Translated by Catharine Roth3 Sep 2007Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 26 words

Translation

[Meaning] able to attain, successful.¹
"But if you consider yourself fortunate, as [someone] capable and wealthy, be it known to you that even fortune grows old."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπήβολος· ἐπιτευκτικός, ἐπιτυχής. εἰ δὲ οἴει σαυτὸν εὐδαίμονα, ὡς ἐπήβολον καὶ πολύχρυσον, γνωστὸν ἤτω σοι, ὅτι γηρᾷ καὶ τύχη.

Betacode

*)eph/bolos: e)piteuktiko/s, e)pituxh/s. ei) de\ oi)/ei sauto\n eu)dai/mona, w(s e)ph/bolon kai\ polu/xruson, gnwsto\n h)/tw soi, o(/ti ghra=| kai\ tu/xh.

Notes (2)

cf. epsilon 2155.
1= Lexica Segueriana 228.16; and cf. a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 2.319 (where the headword occurs: web address 1), as well as Hesychius epsilon4527. Similar too, but less so, are Hesychius epsilon4526, Lexica Segueriana 252.21, and (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 357.16. ↩
2Quotation unidentifiable. Certain features of the language might suggest a late source, esp. the use of the headword without an objective genitive (though cf. already Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.1280, 4.1380).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

ε2155Ἐπηβολώτατοςmost capable, most skilled[no gloss]
ε2241Ἐπίβολος Ἐπιβολήable to be solved, soluble, solvable[sc. Also attested is the noun] e)pibolh/ ["addition/application"], [meaning] contribution. Agapios the philosopher used to be admired for his love of learning and for his setting of dilemmas that were hard to solve.…

Neighbouring entries

ε2152Ἐπεῖχενwas holding out, was holding back ε2153Ἐπειχθῶμενlet us be pressed ε2154Ἐπήβολοςcapable, possessing, skilled ε2155Ἐπηβολώτατοςmost capable, most skilled ε2156Ἐπηγάγετοwon over

Revision history7 revisions · last 25 Jan 2016

25 Jan 2016cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
25 Jan 2016cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Jan 2015coding — Catharine Roth
9 Oct 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
8 Oct 2012x-ref; tweaking — David Whitehead
9 Sep 2007tweaked tr; more keywords — David Whitehead
7 Sep 2007tweaked headword and translation, augmented notes, set status — William Hutton
3 Sep 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπήβολος (Adler number epsilon 2154), trans. Catharine Roth, 3 Sep 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2154

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