Ἐφείσθω τούτοις ἐξονυχίζειν
let these (men) be permitted to scrutinize
Translated by Ryan Stone26 Jan 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] let accurate speaking be allowed [to them].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐφείσθω τούτοις ἐξονυχίζειν· ἀντὶ τοῦ συγκεχωρήσθω ἀκριβολογεῖσθαι.
Betacode
*)efei/sqw tou/tois e)conuxi/zein: a)nti\ tou= sugkexwrh/sqw a)kribologei=sqai.
Notes
- The headword phrase is an approximation of Julian, Oration 5, p. 162c Hertlein (on Peripatetic philosophers); cf. epsilon 1802 and omicron 411.
For the glossing cf. generally epsilon 3883, epsilon 3884, epsilon 3886.
Linked from3 entries
- ε1802Ἐξονυχίζεινto draw the fingernail over[Meaning] to examine with the fingernails. "We consider it a [public] harm not to be accurate about and draw the fingernail over each [man/thing]." Or the [verb that means] to speak with accuracy.
- ε3852Ἐφεθένallowed[Meaning it had been] submitted, defined, assented [to]. "King Antigonus, as it had been allowed to him to judge, commanded that [the decision] be determined by lot."
- ε3884Ἐφεῖναιto admit, to allow[Meaning] to concede, to order. "But she was not persuaded, before either [sc. it had been decided] to admit the taking of the relatives [or ...].
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Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Mar 2016
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation and note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone