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Ἐπιθυμῶν · desiring (ε 2343) · Suda

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ε2339leaping upon
ε2340enthusiasts
ε2341appetite
ε2342body's appetite, body's desire
ε2343desiring
ε2344directing
ε2345laughing aloud
ε2346besieges; would besiege
ε2347may settle upon

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Ἐπιθυμῶν

desiring

Translated by William Hutton8 Nov 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 26 words

Translation

[Used] with a genitive.¹ [Meaning he] having a predilection. "He took them alive, desiring to bring [them] to the Lakedaimonians."² It is construed with a genitive.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιθυμῶν· γενικῇ. προαιρετικῶς ἔχων. τοὺς δὲ ἦγε ζῶντας ἐπιθυμῶν Λακεδαιμονίοις ἀγαγεῖν. συντάσσεται μετὰ γενικῆς.

Betacode

*)epiqumw=n: genikh=|. proairetikw=s e)/xwn. tou\s de\ h)=ge zw=ntas e)piqumw=n *lakedaimoni/ois a)gagei=n. sunta/ssetai meta\ genikh=s.

Notes (2)

[1] Adler compares the Ambrosian Lexicon (1726), along with Syntacticum Laurentianum and Syntacticum Gudianum, although no corresponding entry appears in Sturz's edition of the last of these; cf. Lexica Segueriana 142.24 (s.v. e)piqumw=.
2Adler notes Bernhardy's suggestion that this is drawn from commentary to Aristophanes, Knights 392 (web address 1), where reference is made to Kleon's capture of the Spartan troops on Sphakteria in 424 BCE; cf. kappa 1731. But if so, the statement is odd, since it was obviously to Athens that Kleon wished to -- and duly did -- bring these prisoners. Perhaps a noun has fallen out, e.g. "desiring to bring [distress/pain] to the Lakedaimonians". But Bernhardy's idea, and hence the Aristophanes connection, is rejected outright by C. Theodoridis in his Photius edition (vol.II p.CI). He finds instead a convincing link with Gylippos (gamma 477), whom Plutarch, Nikias 28.3 [28.2 Loeb], describes as 'demanding to bring alive to the Lakedaimonians' the Athenian generals he had captured in Syracuse. ↩
3As already stated: see above. (It is true, but is not illustrated by the quotation given here, where the headword is construed with a complementary infinitive.)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ε2340Ἐπιθυμηταίenthusiasts[Meaning they who are] eager. "They started thinking big at that point and emerged as enthusiasts, as though they would cause great harm to their opponents and gain much profit as a result." Also in reference to…

Neighbouring entries

ε2341Ἐπιθυμίαappetite ε2342Ἐπιθυμία σώματοςbody's appetite, body's desire ε2343Ἐπιθυμῶνdesiring ε2344Ἐπιθύνωνdirecting ε2345Ἐπικαγχάζωνlaughing aloud

Revision history5 revisions · last 27 Jan 2016

27 Jan 2016coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
12 Oct 2011further expansion of n.2 — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2007tweaked tr; augmented n.2 — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2007another keyword; tweaked n.2; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιθυμῶν (Adler number epsilon 2343), trans. William Hutton, 8 Nov 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2343

Translation by William Hutton 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 ↗