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Εἰσεποιεῖτο · was adopting, was introducing (ει 253) · 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 ει253

ει249they came to one
ει250at dawn
ει251I went in on foot, they went in on foot
ει252was adopted
ει253was adopting, was introducing
ει254I let (myself) in
ει255they were letting in
ει256they were pouring in
ει257I enter

Suda/ΕΙ epsiloniota/ει253

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Εἰσεποιεῖτο

was adopting, was introducing

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Jun 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

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1 note · 26 words

Translation

Meaning [he/she/it] was placing under.¹
"The ford was surrounded by a defensive wall and [sc. accordingly] was introducing great hopes in those who were being attacked".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἰσεποιεῖτο· ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπετίθει. ὁ δὲ πόρος ἐφράττετο καὶ μεγάλας ἐλπίδας εἰσεποιεῖτο τῶν ἐπιφερομένων.

Betacode

*ei)sepoiei=to: a)nti\ tou= u(peti/qei. o( de\ po/ros e)fra/tteto kai\ mega/las e)lpi/das ei)sepoiei=to tw=n e)piferome/nwn.

Notes (1)

[1] The headword is imperfect middle, third person singular, of ei)spoie/w (cf. epsiloniota 312). It might be extracted from the quotation given; alternatively, from (e.g.) Isaeus 12.1-2, where it concerns adoption in the sense also illustrated by epsiloniota 252 (and epsiloniota 312).
2Quotation unidentifiable.

Linked from2 entries

ει252Εἰσεποιήθηwas adopted[Meaning he/she/it] was enrolled. "It was a year since the day on which Trajan was adopted by his father Nerva into the succession of the Roman sovereignty."
ει312Εἰσποιητόνadopted[Meaning] assumed, not natural. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] ei)sepoiei=to ["he was adopting"], meaning he was placing under. Also [sc. attested is the active voice] ei)spoiw= ["I put in"], [meaning] I…

Neighbouring entries

ει251ΕἰσεπόδιζονI went in on foot, they went in on foot ει252Εἰσεποιήθηwas adopted ει253Εἰσεποιεῖτοwas adopting, was introducing ει254ΕἰσέφρησαI let (myself) in ει255Εἰσέφρουνthey were letting in

Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Nov 2012

27 Nov 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
21 Mar 2011more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
26 Jun 2005tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Jun 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εἰσεποιεῖτο (Adler number epsiloniota 253), trans. Catharine Roth, 24 Jun 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsiloniota/253

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