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Ἐκποδών · out of the way (ε 586) · Suda

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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 ε586

ε582will accomplish, will fulfill
ε583having unbricked
ε584washed-out
ε585he followed behind in (their) footsteps
ε586out of the way
ε587to get out of the way
ε588I will de-fleece
ε589to provoke to war
ε590from a great [time], from long ago

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε586

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Ἐκποδών

out of the way

Translated by Catharine Roth12 Jan 2007Vetting: high6 revisions

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3 notes · 59 words

Translation

[Used] with a genitive.¹ [Meaning] to avoid for a short time. Aristophanes [writes]: "this is the very man whom we seek. But come, everyone [get] out of the way."²
And elsewhere: "Argives and Thebans took a position out of the way."³
And [there is] a proverb: "when a man is suffering misfortune, his friends stay out of his way."⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκποδών· γενικῇ. τὸ πρὸς ὀλίγον χρόνον ὑποστείλασθαι. Ἀριστοφάνης· οὗτος αὐτός ἐστιν ὃν ζητοῦμεν. ἀλλὰ δεῦρο πᾶς ἐκποδών. καὶ αὖθις· Ἀργεῖοι δὲ καὶ Θηβαῖοι ἐκποδὼν ἔστησαν. καὶ παροιμία· Ἀνδρὸς κακῶς πράσσοντος ἐκποδὼν φίλοι.

Betacode

*)ekpodw/n: genikh=|. to\ pro\s o)li/gon xro/non u(postei/lasqai. *)aristofa/nhs: ou(=tos au)to/s e)stin o(\n zhtou=men. a)lla\ deu=ro pa=s e)kpodw/n. kai\ au)=qis: *)argei=oi de\ kai\ *qhbai=oi e)kpodw\n e)/sthsan. kai\ paroimi/a: *)andro\s kakw=s pra/ssontos e)kpodw\n fi/loi.

Notes (3)

[1] cf. epsilon 587.
2Aristophanes, Acharnians 239-240, with scholion. ↩
3Quotation unidentifiable in this precise form, but perhaps [DW] a version of Aelius Aristides, In reply to Plato on behalf of the four [sc. leading statesmen of fifth-century Athens] 181 Jebb. Discussing there the Greeks' response to the early stages of Xerxes' invasion, the rhetor uses the phrase *)Argei=oi d' e)kpodw\n h)=san, later adding that the Boeotians acted no better than the Thessalians (who had felt obliged to medize). ↩
4Zenobius 1.90; already quoted at alpha 2190, and again at omicroniota 72 and upsilon 300 (q.v. note).

Linked from2 entries

α2190Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίονan old man's head is a dried grapeFrom part [sc. to whole]. In reference to those no longer of any use, because their whole body [is] weak. Also: 'An old man's jaws are staffs', in reference to those who eat a lot in their old age. Also: 'Never look at…
ε587Ἐκποδὼν γενέσθαιto get out of the way[Meaning] to escape, or to be wiped out, or to get out of the midst.

Neighbouring entries

ε584Ἔκπλυτονwashed-out ε585Ἐκ ποδὸς εἵπετο κατόπινhe followed behind in (their) footsteps ε586Ἐκποδώνout of the way ε587Ἐκποδὼν γενέσθαιto get out of the way ε588ἘκποκιῶI will de-fleece

Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Dec 2015

10 Dec 2015typo — Catharine Roth
10 Dec 2015expanded n.3 — David Whitehead
22 Nov 2013tweaked n.4; another keyword — David Whitehead
9 Aug 2012added keyword — Catharine Roth
8 Aug 2012more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Jan 2007augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Jan 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκποδών (Adler number epsilon 586), trans. Catharine Roth, 12 Jan 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/586

Translation by Catharine Roth 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 ↗