Καθῄρηντο τὰς γνώμας

they had been overcome in their judgments

Translated by Ryan Stone4 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

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Meaning they were falling into cowardice. "Most people had been overcome in their judgments to such an extent that, from fear, they shrank away from their loyalty toward [the] king/emperor."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καθῄρηντο τὰς γνώμας· ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰς δειλίαν ἐνέπιπτον. οἱ δὲ πλέονες καθῄρηντο τὰς γνώμας ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, ὥστε τῆς πίστεως τῆς πρὸς βασιλέα ὑπὸ τοῦ περιδεοῦς ἀφίσταντο.

Betacode

*kaqh/|rhnto ta\s gnw/mas: a)nti\ tou= ei)s deili/an e)ne/pipton. oi( de\ ple/ones kaqh/|rhnto ta\s gnw/mas e)pi\ tosou=ton, w(/ste th=s pi/stews th=s pro\s basile/a u(po\ tou= perideou=s a)fi/stanto.

Notes (1)

The headword phrase is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1[Polybius] fr. 166 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (536) that Casaubon attributed this fragment to Polybius, but that Schweighäuser was skeptical concerning the attribution and that Dindorf too did not endorse it. ↩

References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)

Neighbouring entries

κ85Καθ' ἡμέρανdaily, on a daily basis κ86Καθῄρειtook down κ87Καθῄρηντο τὰς γνώμαςthey had been overcome in their judgments κ88Καθῆσθαιto sit down κ89Καθιγμένοςhaving attained

Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Oct 2018

10 Oct 2018expanded n.1, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
21 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
23 Mar 2011tweaks — David Whitehead
5 Mar 2008augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Mar 2008tweaked translation, added keywords — Catharine Roth
4 Mar 2008Translated — Ryan Stone

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (1)

References

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