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Ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου · in summary (ε 2366) · 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 ε2366

ε2362empty speech
ε2363sailing along in column
ε2364scoff at, scoffing at
ε2365I will secrete
ε2366in summary
ε2367they have gaped at
ε2368having shat upon; Shitterling
ε2369lying on
ε2370I lie on

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2366

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Ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου

in summary

Translated by David Whitehead28 Oct 2007Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning] briefly,¹ swiftly. Polybius [writes]: "[he was] mindful, in summary, of the reverses they had suffered, and had placed before their eyes the advantages of the Macedonians".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου· συντόμως, ταχέως. Πολύβιος· μνησθεὶς δ' ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου τῶν γεγονότων αὐτοῖς ἐλαττωμάτων καὶ θεὶς πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ τῶν Μακεδόνων προτερήματα.

Betacode

*)epi\ kefalai/ou: sunto/mws, taxe/ws. *polu/bios: mnhsqei\s d' e)pi\ kefalai/ou tw=n gegono/twn au)toi=s e)lattwma/twn kai\ qei\s pro\ o)fqalmw=n ta\ tw=n *makedo/nwn proterh/mata.

Notes (2)

The headword phrase, one would naturally think, is extracted from the quotation given, though note that in Hesychius epsilon4845 and Lexica Segueriana 230.2 the second of these glosses is attached to a different phrase, e)pi\ kefalh/n.
1cf. kappa 1445. ↩
2Polybius fr. 42 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (519) that Schweighäuser thought that a possible context of the fragment is the speech by Perseus of Macedon (ca. 212 - 166 BCE) to his soldiers (cf. Livy 42.61, web address 1) following their rout of the Roman forces at the Battle of Callinicus (a hill near the Roman encampment (cf. Livy 42.58, web address 2) at Tripolis Larisaia, Barrington Atlas map 55 grid D1; about 10km east of Larissa, Thessaly; 171 BCE), during the Third Macedonian War (171-168 BCE); cf. Burton 128-132.

References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
P.J. Burton, Rome and the Third Macedonian War, (Cambridge 2017)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε2364Ἐπικερτομοῦσιscoff at, scoffing at ε2365ἘπικεύσωI will secrete ε2366Ἐπὶ κεφαλαίουin summary ε2367Ἐπικεχήνασιthey have gaped at ε2368Ἐπικεχοδώςhaving shat upon; Shitterling

Revision history7 revisions · last 18 Sep 2018

18 Sep 2018augmented n.2, added link — Ronald Allen
18 Sep 2018further expanded n.2, added map reference, added keyword — Ronald Allen
12 Sep 2018expanded n.2, added bibliography, added link — Ronald Allen
28 Jan 2016Revised — David Whitehead
13 Oct 2012added primary note — David Whitehead
28 Oct 2007augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
28 Oct 2007supplemented translation, set status — Catharine Roth
28 Oct 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου (Adler number epsilon 2366), trans. David Whitehead, 28 Oct 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2366

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