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Ἐπίδοσιν · contribution (ε 2307) · Suda

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ε2303sedentary
ε2304spear-head, spear-point
ε2305they oversaw
ε2306likely, glorious
ε2307contribution
ε2308contribution
ε2309able to be overrun
ε2310to make a thud on
ε2311to come upon

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Ἐπίδοσιν

contribution

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Oct 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

biography
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philosophy

2 notes · 44 words

Translation

[Meaning] an increase in virtue, an advance, an addition.¹
"Unhindered in practicing philosophy, he continued to make a contribution and increased simply by the cubit, so to speak."²
The Attic-speakers say e)pi/dosis, but prokoph/ [is found] in none of the [sc. correct] Greek [writers].³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπίδοσιν· ἐπὶ ἀρετῆς αὔξησιν, προκοπήν, προσθήκην. ὁ δὲ φιλοσοφῶν ἀνεμπόδιστος εἰς ἐπίδοσιν διετέλει καὶ ἐπεδίδου κατὰ πῆχυν, ὡς φάναι, ἀτεχνῶς. Ἐπίδοσιν μὲν οἱ Ἀττικοὶ λέγουσιν, ἡ δὲ προκοπὴ παρ' οὐδενὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων.

Betacode

*)epi/dosin: e)pi\ a)reth=s au)/chsin, prokoph/n, prosqh/khn. o( de\ filosofw=n a)nempo/distos ei)s e)pi/dosin diete/lei kai\ e)pedi/dou kata\ ph=xun,  w(s fa/nai, a)texnw=s. *)epi/dosin me\n oi( *)attikoi\ le/gousin, h( de\ prokoph\ par' ou)deni\ tw=n *(ellh/nwn.

Notes (2)

[1] Similarly in other lexica. The headword noun (epsilon 2308) is in the accusative case and must be quoted from somewhere. Asmus included the phrase e)pi/dosin e)pi\ a)reth=s as fr. 51 of Damascius, Life of Isidore; Adler disagrees; and not in Zintzen.
2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 286 Zintzen (166 Asmus); cf. kappa 710. ↩
3cf. Phrynichus, Ecloga fr. 85 Lobeck; Thomas Magister 290.2 Ritschl. It is not clear (from LSJ s.v.) what sense or senses of the noun this opinion refers to.

Linked from1 entry

ε2308Ἐπίδοσιςcontribution[Meaning] increase, addition. The Pisidian [writes]: "besides the contributions of the swords and the stones."

Neighbouring entries

ε2305Ἐπίδοσανthey oversaw ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious ε2307Ἐπίδοσινcontribution ε2308Ἐπίδοσιςcontribution ε2309Ἐπίδρομονable to be overrun

Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Jan 2016

27 Jan 2016expanded nn.1 and 3 — David Whitehead
11 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
23 Oct 2007augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Oct 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπίδοσιν (Adler number epsilon 2307), trans. Catharine Roth, 23 Oct 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2307

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