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Κατανωτίσασθαι · to carry on one's back, to turn one's back on (κ 674) · 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 κ674

κ670I behave shamefully towards
κ671prevails over by virtue of youth
κ672having melted down into coinage
κ673agreeable
κ674to carry on one's back, to turn one's back on
κ675downhill
κ676they would meet
κ677I am flooded with these things
κ678having been stunned

Suda/Κ kappa/κ674

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Κατανωτίσασθαι

to carry on one's back, to turn one's back on

Translated by Catharine Roth29 Jun 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

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1 note · 34 words

Translation

Meaning to bear on one's back.¹
"Not to turn one's back on the judgment of Plutarch, nor again to think it greater than the choice which gives common benefit".² Meaning to despise, to reject.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατανωτίσασθαι· ἀντὶ τοῦ κατὰ νώτου φέρειν. μηδὲ τὴν τοῦ Πλουτάρχου κατανωτίσασθαι κρίσιν, μηδὲ αὖ μείζω φρονεῖν τῆς κοινωφελοῦς προαιρέσεως. ἀντὶ τοῦ καταφρονεῖν, ὀπίσω ῥίπτειν.

Betacode

*katanwti/sasqai: a)nti\ tou= kata\ nw/tou fe/rein. mhde\ th\n tou= *plouta/rxou katanwti/sasqai kri/sin, mhde\ au)= mei/zw fronei=n th=s koinwfelou=s proaire/sews. a)nti\ tou= katafronei=n, o)pi/sw r(i/ptein.

Notes (1)

[1] Likewise in Photius. The headword, aorist infinitive of katanwti/zomai, is perhaps though not necessarily from the quotation given (which Photius does not have). See in any event LSJ s.v., I.
2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 251 Zintzen (150 Asmus); cf. Photius Bibliotheca 346a 12-14. (For this Plutarch -- not the biographer -- see pi 1794.) For this applied/figurative meaning of the verb, see LSJ s.v. II.

Neighbouring entries

κ672Κατανομιστεύσαςhaving melted down into coinage κ673Κατὰ νοῦνagreeable κ674Κατανωτίσασθαιto carry on one's back, to turn one's back on κ675Κάτανταdownhill κ676Καταντήσωσιthey would meet

Revision history3 revisions · last 26 May 2019

26 May 2019another keyword — Catharine Roth
3 Feb 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
30 Jun 2008augmented n.2; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
29 Jun 2008Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κατανωτίσασθαι (Adler number kappa 674), trans. Catharine Roth, 29 Jun 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/674

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 ↗