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Εὐλαβηθείς · apprehensive, cautious (ε 3554) · Suda

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Near ε3554

ε3550prayed-for, wished-for
ε3551watchfulness, caution
ε3552watchfulness, caution
ε3553revered, was in awe of
ε3554apprehensive, cautious
ε3555cautious, discreet, prudent; easy to handle
ε3556beware
ε3557cautiously, charily, warily
ε3558eulaka

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Εὐλαβηθείς

apprehensive, cautious

Translated by Ioannis Doukas22 Feb 2008Vetting: high7 revisions

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3 notes · 29 words

Translation

“Apprehensive of the Romans’ eagerness, Gezerich¹ began to signal to those following him to help him swiftly."²
And the Pisidian [says]: "you were not apprehensive of the troubling illnesses".³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐλαβηθείς· τῶν Ῥωμαίων τὸ πρόθυμον εὐλαβηθεὶς ὁ Γεζέριχος τοῖς ἑαυτῷ ἑπομένοις ἐσήμαινε διὰ τάχους ἐπικουρεῖν. καὶ Πισίδης· οὐκ ηὐλαβήθης τὰς ἐνοχλούσας νόσους.

Betacode

*eu)labhqei/s: tw=n *(rwmai/wn to\ pro/qumon eu)labhqei\s o( *geze/rixos toi=s e(autw=| e(pome/nois e)sh/maine dia\ ta/xous e)pikourei=n. kai\ *pisi/dhs: ou)k hu)labh/qhs ta\s e)noxlou/sas no/sous.

Notes (3)

The headword, presumably extracted from the first quotation given, is aorist passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb eu)labe/omai; cf. epsilon 3553, epsilon 3556.
1Gezerich (or Genseric), b. 389; King of the Vandals 428-477. See also epsilon 2369, pi 307. ↩
2Quotation already at epsilon 3130 (though lacking the proper name there). Tentatively attributed by Adler to Priscus; now Priscus fr.66 Bornmann. ↩
3George of Pisidia, Heraclias 1.169 Tartaglia, on Heraclias's suffering from chronic edema; cf. tau 1232. As Tartaglia notes (205, note 42), the Pisidian also mentions the emperor's affliction at Bellum Avaricum 258-259; cf. Lascaratos (380-383). On Heraclius, see eta 465 generally.

References

L. Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
J. Lascaratos, et al., "The first case of epispadias: an unknown disease of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (610-641 AD)", British Journal of Urology 76 (1995) 380-383

Linked from7 entries

ε3130Ἐσήμαινεwas indicating[Meaning he/she/it] was ordering. "Seeing the eagerness of the Romans he was indicating to those following him to come and assist."
ε3551Εὐλάβειαwatchfulness, cautionIn Sophocles [it means] reflection and investigation. "For in learning there is watchfulness of what is being done". For he is not speaking here of fear.
ε3552Εὐλάβειαwatchfulness, caution[Meaning] purity, and fear. But Eulabia [sc. without the diphthong is] a proper name.
ε3553Εὐλαβεῖτοrevered, was in awe of[no gloss]
ε3555Εὐλαβήςcautious, discreet, prudent; easy to handle[Meaning] one who lays hold of things well, who does not do something off-hand, or also someone/something suitable for grasping; for example, a knife easy to get hold of. Or someone good at anticipating the future. But…
ε3556Εὐλαβοῦbeware[Meaning] keep guard. "But beware, lest he escape you; for he knows the ways that Eucrates fled straight for the bran-sacks." In reference to those who are fleeing. Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. Also [sc. attested is]…
ε3557Εὐλαβῶςcautiously, charily, warily"When Philip saw that the Achaeans were behaving warily about the war against the Romans he was eager to induce them [both] into animosity by every means possible".

Neighbouring entries

ε3552Εὐλάβειαwatchfulness, caution ε3553Εὐλαβεῖτοrevered, was in awe of ε3554Εὐλαβηθείςapprehensive, cautious ε3555Εὐλαβήςcautious, discreet, prudent; easy to handle ε3556Εὐλαβοῦbeware

Revision history7 revisions · last 5 Oct 2025

5 Oct 2025expanded n.3, added bibliography and cross-reference — Ronald Allen
7 Feb 2018modified a note — David Whitehead
7 Mar 2016expanded n.2; another keyword — David Whitehead
31 Jan 2015Revised — David Whitehead
11 Nov 2014cosmetics — Catharine Roth
7 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
22 Feb 2008augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
22 Feb 2008Translated — Ioannis Doukas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εὐλαβηθείς (Adler number epsilon 3554), trans. Ioannis Doukas, 22 Feb 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3554

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