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Ἐφεδρεία · keeping watch (ε 3849) · 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 ε3849

ε3845they were disparaging
ε3846to lay hold of
ε3847lies in wait
ε3848reserve, succession
ε3849keeping watch
ε3850reserve, in reserve
ε3851reserve, in reserve
ε3852allowed
ε3853suspenders of judgment, practitioners of suspended judgement, sceptics

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3849

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Ἐφεδρεία

keeping watch

Translated by Ryan Stone27 Jan 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
ethics
historiography
history
law
+1
- military affairs

2 notes · 22 words

Translation

[Meaning] the action [of doing so].¹
"Among Romans death is the penalty for the one leaving the watch."² That is, guard duty.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐφεδρεία· τὸ πρᾶγμα. παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις θάνατος πρόστιμον τῷ λιπόντι τὴν ἐφεδρείαν. τουτέστι τὴν παρατήρησιν.

Betacode

*)efedrei/a: to\ pra=gma. para\ *(rwmai/ois qa/natos pro/stimon tw=| lipo/nti th\n e)fedrei/an. toute/sti th\n parath/rhsin.

Notes (2)

1For this headword in a quite different sense see epsilon 3848. ↩
2cf. Polybius 1.17.11 (web address 1); pi 2820. The preceding sentence ends with ta\ *(rwmai/wn pra/gmata "Roman affairs": this probably accounts for pra=gma in the Suda entry. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

ε3847Ἐφεδρεύειlies in wait[Used] with a dative. [Meaning he/she/it] besieges. "[...] friends and relatives of the dead to lie in wait for those men." Meaning there are some subsequent avengers of the dead.
ε3848Ἐφεδρείαreserve, succession[Meaning] the (?)constancy/obligation of an epikleros.

Neighbouring entries

ε3847Ἐφεδρεύειlies in wait ε3848Ἐφεδρείαreserve, succession ε3849Ἐφεδρείαkeeping watch ε3850Ἔφεδροςreserve, in reserve ε3851Ἔφεδροςreserve, in reserve

Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Mar 2018

26 Mar 2018tweaked link — Catharine Roth
18 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
28 Jan 2008augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 Jan 2008augmented note, added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
27 Jan 2008tweaked translation, added note — Catharine Roth
27 Jan 2008Translated — Ryan Stone

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐφεδρεία (Adler number epsilon 3849), trans. Ryan Stone, 27 Jan 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3849

Translation by Ryan Stone 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 ↗