Ἐκτόπως
extraordinarily
Translated by Catharine Roth26 Nov 2001Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐκτόπως· μεγάλως, ἀπρεπῶς. παρηλλαγμένως, ἀφορήτως. ἄρκτος φιλεῖν ἄνθρωπον ἐκτόπως ηὔχει. εἶθ' ὕστερον ἐρασθεῖσα αὐτοῦ ἐν παραβύστῳ. Ἐκτόπως, ὑπερβαλλόντως. πρὸς τὴν ἐπιπλοκὴν τῆς κόρης ἔχαιρεν ἐκτόπως.
Betacode
*)ekto/pws: mega/lws, a)prepw=s. parhllagme/nws, a)forh/tws. a)/rktos filei=n a)/nqrwpon e)kto/pws hu)/xei. ei)=q' u(/steron e)rasqei=sa au)tou= e)n parabu/stw|. *)ekto/pws, u(perballo/ntws. pro\s th\n e)piplokh\n th=s ko/rhs e)/xairen e)kto/pws.
Notes (3)
- [1] Both these pairs of adverbs gloss the headword one, cognate with the adjective↩
e)/ktopos ; LSJ entry at web address 1. For the first pair see also Hesychius and other lexica. For the second pair cf. epsilon 670.- 2Babrius 14.1; cf. alpha 3955. (On Babrius see generally beta 7.) ↩
- 3Procopius, Secret History 1.17 (web address 2), on Antonina and Theodosius; cf. Kaldellis (6-7). See also epsilon 1422 (and, again, alpha 3955). The part of the Procopius passage which is relevant here has been omitted: it begins with
e)rasqei=sa au)tou= e)kto/pws "she [Antonina] having fallen in love with him [Theodosius] extraordinarily" and continues later withe)mi/gnuto de\ au)tw=| [...] e)n parabu/stw| "she had intercourse with him in a closet." Part of this passage is quoted at kappa 587. On Antonina, wife of Belisarius (cf. beta 233), see PLRE IIIa s.v. Antonina(1). On Theodosius, adopted son of Belisarius, see epsilon 902 and PLRE IIIb s.v. Theodosius(8). ↩- 4Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 65 Habrich.
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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- added cross-reference n.3 — Ronald Allen
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- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation and note — Catharine Roth
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- updared a ref; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
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- modified translation with advice from Ross Scaife, augmented note — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth