Ἐπιδεξιελευθέρως
in a gentlemanly right-to-left manner
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Oct 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Plato in Theaetetus [writes]: "those who are able to perform all services sharply and smartly, but who do not know how to gather up [sc. their clothing] in a gentlemanly left-to-right manner, or to take up a harmony of words to praise a god." See under a)nalamba/nein .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπιδεξιελευθέρως· Πλάτων ἐν Θεαιτήτῳ· πάντα δυναμένους ὀξέως τε καὶ τορῶς διακονεῖν, ἀναλάβεσθαι δ' οὐκ ἐπισταμένους ἐπιδεξιελευθέρως, οὐδὲ ἁρμονίαν λόγων λαβόντας ὑπαντῆσαι θεόν. ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἀναλαμβάνειν.