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Ἔσκαζεν · was limping, was wavering (ε 3145) · 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 ε3145

ε3141[things] good [of their kind]
ε3142eating
ε3143garment
ε3144there is [a time] when, sometimes
ε3145was limping, was wavering
ε3146was harrowing
ε3147contrived
ε3148on your head
ε3149they tented

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3145

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Ἔσκαζεν

was limping, was wavering

Translated by Amelia Mathias3 Oct 2006Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 31 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] was in doubt, was equivocating.¹
"And he was wavering about what the contingents of the Romans intended, and whether they had spirits that were manly enough for a battle-line."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔσκαζεν· ἐνεδοίαζεν, ἀμφέβαλλεν. ὁ δὲ ἔσκαζεν ὅπως ἔχει γνώμης τὰ τῶν Ῥωμαίων συντάγματα, καὶ εἰ ἀρρενικὰς ἔχουσι τὰς ψυχὰς εἰς παράταξιν.

Betacode

*)/eskazen: e)nedoi/azen, a)mfe/ballen. o( de\ e)/skazen o(/pws e)/xei gnw/mhs ta\ tw=n *(rwmai/wn sunta/gmata, kai\ ei) a)rrenika\s e)/xousi ta\s yuxa\s ei)s para/tacin.

Notes (1)

[1] Same headword -- imperfect, third person singular, of ska/zw -- but different, more literal gloss (e)xw/lainen "was lame") in Hesychius epsilon6223; and cf. sigma 519.
2A version of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.7.8; on the Roman general Romanus, assessing troops mustered in Colchis (cf. kappa 1979) during the summer of 589; cf. de Boor (123) and Whitby (82); the editions print the verb there as e)su/kazen "was scrutinizing". On Romanus see PLRE IIIb s.v. Romanus(4). Find related entries at lambda 734, omicroniota 32, tau 763, and tau 806.

References

C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)

Linked from1 entry

ε1222Ἐνεδοίαζενwas in two minds[Meaning he/she/it] was in doubt.

Neighbouring entries

ε3143Ἔσθοςgarment ε3144Ἔσθ' ὅτεthere is [a time] when, sometimes ε3145Ἔσκαζενwas limping, was wavering ε3146Ἔσκαλλενwas harrowing ε3147Ἐσκευώρησενcontrived

Revision history7 revisions · last 6 Jul 2025

6 Jul 2025another cross-reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
20 May 2025added cross-references n.2 — Ronald Allen
8 Mar 2025expanded n.2, added bibliography and cross-reference — Ronald Allen
18 Aug 2014coding — Catharine Roth
31 Oct 2012augmneted notes — David Whitehead
3 Oct 2006more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 Oct 2006modified translation, added note, keywords — William Hutton
3 Oct 2006Translated — Amelia Mathias

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔσκαζεν (Adler number epsilon 3145), trans. Amelia Mathias, 3 Oct 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3145

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