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Ἐπίστασις · attention, pause for reflection, observation (ε 2608) · Suda

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Near ε2608

ε2604quartermasters
ε2605quartermaster
ε2606to understand
ε2607attention, authority, dominion
ε2608attention, pause for reflection, observation
ε2609chairmanship
ε2610epistates, rear-ranker
ε2611chairman
ε2612chairman

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2608

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Ἐπίστασις

attention, pause for reflection, observation

Translated by Ronald Allen7 Dec 2007Vetting: high7 revisions

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3 notes · 45 words

Translation

[Meaning] wisdom.
Attention also [means] diligence, and emulation.
Polybius [writes]: "to us Hasdrubal¹ has shown forth to be worthy of attention and of emulation."² And elsewhere: "the affairs of the cities turned out to be more diverse than attention and change [sc. would have suggested]."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπίστασις· γνῶσις. Ἐπίστασις καὶ ἡ προσοχή, καὶ ἡ μίμησις. Πολύβιος· ὁ δὲ Ἀσδρούβας πέφυκεν ἡμῖν ἄξιος ἐπιστάσεως εἶναι καὶ ζήλου. καὶ αὖθις· τὰ δὲ τῶν πόλεων πράγματα ἀλλοιοτέρας ἔτυχεν ἐπιστάσεως καὶ μεταβολῆς.

Betacode

*)epi/stasis: gnw=sis. *)epi/stasis kai\ h( prosoxh/, kai\ h( mi/mhsis. *polu/bios: o( de\ *)asdrou/bas pe/fuken h(mi=n a)/cios e)pista/sews ei)=nai kai\ zh/lou. kai\ au)=qis: ta\ de\ tw=n po/lewn pra/gmata a)lloiote/ras e)/tuxen e)pista/sews kai\ metabolh=s.

Notes (3)

For this sense of the headword e)pi/stasis see LSJ s.v. II.2. It is glossed likewise in Hesychius epsilon5229, but with an additional definition: 'or a certain part of a ship' (evidently the prow: see LSJ s.v.). See also Lexica Segueriana 232.8.
1Son of Hamilcar Barca (OCD(4) under 'Hamilcar(2)' and alpha 1596) and younger brother of Hannibal (OCD(4) s.v. and alpha 2452). Hasdrubal assumed control of Spain after Hannibal moved north with his army in May 218 BCE. ↩
2An approximation of Polybius 11.2.4 (web address 1). ↩
3Polybius fr. 149 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 533) that this fragment was attributed to Polybius by Ursinus (Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600).

References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε2606Ἐπίστασθαιto understand ε2607Ἐπιστασίαattention, authority, dominion ε2608Ἐπίστασιςattention, pause for reflection, observation ε2609Ἐπιστατείαchairmanship ε2610Ἐπιστάτηςepistates, rear-ranker

Revision history7 revisions · last 19 Sep 2018

19 Sep 2018expanded n.3, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
21 Oct 2017tweaked link — Catharine Roth
31 Jan 2016coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 Aug 2014updated 2 refs — David Whitehead
19 Oct 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
7 Dec 2007typo — Catharine Roth
7 Dec 2007more headwords; tweaked tr; modified and expanded primary primary note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
7 Dec 2007Translated — Ronald Allen

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπίστασις (Adler number epsilon 2608), trans. Ronald Allen, 7 Dec 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2608

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