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Ἐσπάρασσεν · was provoking, was tearing up (ε 3179) · Suda

Letters

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 ε3179

ε3175was exercising the body
ε3176was using the spade
ε3177was woven
ε3178beaten with the weaver's blade
ε3179was provoking, was tearing up
ε3180scattered formation
ε3181you drew
ε3182convulsed
ε3183evening-time, occurring in the evening

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3179

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Ἐσπάρασσεν

was provoking, was tearing up

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Jan 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

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1 note · 18 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] was annoying.¹ Josephus [writes]: "[John of Gichala] was provoking [people already] stirred-up for the coming war."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐσπάρασσεν· ἠρέθιζεν. Ἰώσηπος· μετεώρους ὄντας ἐπὶ τῷ μέλλοντι πολέμῳ ἐσπάρασσεν.

Betacode

*)espa/rassen: h)re/qizen. *)iw/shpos: metew/rous o)/ntas e)pi\ tw=| me/llonti pole/mw| e)spa/rassen.

Notes (1)

[1] The headword is third person singular, imperfect active, of spara/ssw/ spara/ttw (cf. sigma 904); presumably extracted from the quotation given.
2Josephus, Jewish War 2.589 (web address 1); again at mu 772.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε3177Ἐσπαθᾶτοwas woven ε3178Ἐσπαθημένοςbeaten with the weaver's blade ε3179Ἐσπάρασσενwas provoking, was tearing up ε3180Ἐσπαρμένη παράταξιςscattered formation ε3181Ἔσπασαςyou drew

Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Nov 2012

4 Nov 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
31 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
23 Jan 2008more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Jan 2008Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐσπάρασσεν (Adler number epsilon 3179), trans. Catharine Roth, 22 Jan 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3179

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