Ἐπιτήδειος
suitable, agreeable
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Dec 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
From the [noun] de/os , which means fear, [comes] a)/deos ["no fear"], with addition of iota a)/deios ,1 one who is deprived of fear; with lengthening of the alpha into eta, [and] with addition of tau, [and] with the e)pi/ prefix, [it becomes] e)pith/deios .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπιτήδειος· παρὰ τὸ δέος, ὃ σημαίνει τὸν φόβον, ἄδεος, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ι ἄδειος, ὁ ἐστερημένος τοῦ φοβεῖσθαι· ἐκτάσει τοῦ α εἰς η καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ τ, μετὰ τῆς ἐπὶ προθέσεως ἐπιτήδειος.
Betacode
*)epith/deios: para\ to\ de/os, o(\ shmai/nei to\n fo/bon, a)/deos, pleonasmw=| tou= i a)/deios, o( e)sterhme/nos tou= fobei=sqai: e)kta/sei tou= a ei)s h kai\ pleonasmw=| tou= t, meta\ th=s e)pi\ proqe/sews e)pith/deios.
Notes (1)
- Choeroboscus, Epimerismi on the Psalms (ed. Gaisford) 113.12-17, s.v.↩
e)pith/deuma ; this (Adler says) is the source of entries in Etymologicum Gudianum s.v.e)pithdh/s and Etymologicum Magnum 366.30-32.
The adjectivee)pith/deios (Dorice)pita/deios ) is related to the adverbe)pi/thdes (epsilon 2680). See also epsilon 2685, epsilon 2686, epsilon 2687, epsilon 2689.- 1There are s-stem adjectives
a)deh/s anda)deih/s , but not the nouns cited here; cf. alpha 451. - 1There are s-stem adjectives
Linked from4 entries
- ε2685Ἐπιτήδειαsuitable [things], provisions[Meaning things] appropriate for nourishment. "[He] was providing clothing and abundant provisions." Xenophon [writes]: "abundant provisions were present." Arrian [writes]: "[they] taking nothing other than the…
- ε2686Ἐπιτηδειέστεροςmore friendly, rather friendly"For besides, Mithridates was in other respects a just king and more/rather friendly to the Romans."
- ε2687Ἐπιτήδειοςdeserving, suitable[Meaning] friendly, kindly. Agreeable. Xenophon [writes]: "if anyone seemed to him to be lazy, the one holding the staff would select the deserving man and strike him".
- ε2689Ἐπιτηδείωςsuitably[Used] adverbially.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Nov 2017
- tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked notes; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth