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Εὐπόριστον · easy to procure (ε 3658) · Suda

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Near ε3658

ε3654good voyage
ε3655having good hair, well-haired
ε3656Eupoleidios, Eupolidius
ε3657Eupolis
ε3658easy to procure
ε3659I have plenty (of)
ε3660good fortune
ε3661fortunately
ε3662more prosperous, rather prosperous

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Εὐπόριστον

easy to procure

Translated by Catharine Roth6 Jul 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

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- trade and manufacture

1 note · 19 words

Translation

[Meaning something] easily obtained. "For it is said that among Turks iron is not a thing easy to procure."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐπόριστον· εὐχερῶς ποριζόμενον. λέγεται γάρ, ὡς παρὰ Τούρκοις οὐκ εὐπόριστον χρῆμα ὁ σίδηρος.

Betacode

*eu)po/riston: eu)xerw=s porizo/menon. le/getai ga/r, w(s para\ *tou/rkois ou)k eu)po/riston xrh=ma o( si/dhros.

Notes (1)

The headword (a single word in the Greek) is either masculine/feminine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective; neuter nominative if it is extracted from the quotation given here.
1Part of Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (116-117), on the Turks offering iron for sale to Roman envoy Zemarchus and his entourage (probably in 569). On Zemarchus see alpha 2962 and PLRE IIIb s.v. Zemarchus(3). See further excerpts from this fragment at alpha 2962, alpha 3615, epsilon 963, epsilon 2425, eta 416, theta 226, kappa 2021, lambda 57, pi 772, pi 1026, pi 1273, upsilon 178, upsilon 408, phi 617, and chi 340.

References

R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)

Linked from4 entries

α2962Ἀπαίσιονill-omened[Meaning something] unbecoming. Blasphemous, uncontributing. Innocent(?) or badly-omened. "They appeared [to be] of the same tribe of the Turks, whom they said were drivers-away of the ill-omened."
ε2425Ἐπικυδέστεροςmore glorious, rather glorious[Meaning] more/rather dominant, victorious, more/rather esteemed. For ku=dos ['glory'] [is] esteem. "The Turk treated the Romans with greater honor, so as also to make them recline on the more prestigious couch."
η416ᾘώρουνthey were supporting[Meaning] they were lifting, they were holding up. "Four golden peacocks were supporting the couch." The verb [is] ai)wrw=.
χ340Χλιδήluxury[Meaning] daintiness, laxity, and softness. It is said [to derive] from the [verb] e)xlia/nqai ["to have been warmed"]. Xenophon [writes]: "we have not been reared in luxury, but in rustic fashion." And elsewhere: "and…

Neighbouring entries

ε3656ΕὐπολείδιοςEupoleidios, Eupolidius ε3657ΕὔπολιςEupolis ε3658Εὐπόριστονeasy to procure ε3659ΕὐπορῶI have plenty (of)ε3660Εὐποτμίαgood fortune

Revision history5 revisions · last 24 Sep 2024

24 Sep 2024expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-references, and keyword — Ronald Allen
11 Mar 2016expanded primary note — David Whitehead
13 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
3 Jan 2012updated ref — David Whitehead
6 Jul 2006augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Jul 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εὐπόριστον (Adler number epsilon 3658), trans. Catharine Roth, 6 Jul 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3658

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