Ἑταιρεία
association
Translated by Catharine Roth31 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] habitual concord and friendship.1
Babrius [writes]: "two mice formed an association with each other, not living in the same manner; one fed itself in a deserted field, the other in the houses of rich men."2
A hetaireia [is] also a military unit [tagma]. And [sc. also attested is] hetaireiarkhes, [meaning] the leader of the hetaireia.3
Babrius [writes]: "two mice formed an association with each other, not living in the same manner; one fed itself in a deserted field, the other in the houses of rich men."2
A hetaireia [is] also a military unit [tagma]. And [sc. also attested is] hetaireiarkhes, [meaning] the leader of the hetaireia.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἑταιρεία· ἡ συνήθης ὁμόνοια, καὶ φιλία. Βάβριος· θέντο μετ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἑταιρείην μύε δοιώ, οὐ καθ' ὁμὰ ζώοντες· ὁ μὲν κατὰ νειὸν ἐρήμην ἐτρέφετ', ὃς δὲ δόμοισιν ἐν ἀφνειῶν τρέφετ' ἀνδρῶν. Ἑταιρεία καὶ τὸ τάγμα. καὶ Ἑταιρειάρχης, ὁ τῆς ἑταιρείας ἄρχων.
Betacode
*(etairei/a: h( sunh/qhs o(mo/noia, kai\ fili/a. *ba/brios: qe/nto met' a)llh/loisin e(tairei/hn mu/e doiw/, ou) kaq' o(ma\ zw/ontes: o( me\n kata\ neio\n e)rh/mhn e)tre/fet', o(\s de\ do/moisin e)n a)fneiw=n tre/fet' a)ndrw=n. *(etairei/a kai\ to\ ta/gma. kai\ *(etaireia/rxhs, o( th=s e(tairei/as a)/rxwn.
Notes (3)
- See LSJ at web address 1; and cf. epsilon 3270.
- 1Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩
- 2Babrius p.217 Crusius (fable of the town mouse and the country mouse). ↩
- 3This application of hetaireia is not explicitly registered in LSJ s.v., though sense I.2 there hints at it (by citing Aristotle on the Carthaginian
sussi/tia tw=n e(tairiw=n , likened to the military messes of Sparta). The noun hetaireiarkhes is not attested until late antiquity. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ε3269ἙταιρεῖοςHetaireios; of FellowshipZeus [sc. is called this] among Cretans. It also signifies a friend.
- ε3270Ἑταιρίαcomradeship[Meaning] friendship. In a special sense Andocides has assigned the word to unchastity.
- ε3272Ἑταιρισάμενοςassociating one's self[Meaning] cooperating. Also [sc. attested is] 'associating', [meaning] prostituting. Also [sc. attested is] 'associations', [meaning] prostitutions.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Feb 2016
- tweaked tr; expanded and modified n.3 — David Whitehead
- tweaked note link — Catharine Roth
- another note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth