Λείπεσθαι
to lose
Translated by David Whitehead18 May 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λείπεσθαι· ἡττῆσθαι. Πολύβιος· πάντων τῶν κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐνεργημάτων μεγίστην ῥοπὴν ἔχουσι καὶ πρὸς τὸ λείπεσθαι καὶ πρὸς τὸ νικᾶν αἱ ψυχαὶ τῶν ἀγωνιζομένων.
Betacode
*lei/pesqai: h(tth=sqai. *polu/bios: pa/ntwn tw=n kata\ to\n po/lemon e)nerghma/twn megi/sthn r(oph\n e)/xousi kai\ pro\s to\ lei/pesqai kai\ pro\s to\ nika=n ai( yuxai\ tw=n a)gwnizome/nwn.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword infinitive is presumably extracted from the quotation given. For the glossing cf. in any event lambda 383. ↩
- 2Polybius fr. 58 Büttner-Wobst. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- λ382ΛείπομαιI am left without, I am left behind[Used] with a genitive and [= or] with a dative.
- λ383Λειπόμεθαwe are lost[Meaning] we have been defeated. "No sooner had the praetor announced to the crowds, 'We are lost in a great battle,' than it produced such consternation [that...]." Also a [sc. phenomenon in] syntax: "prisoners taken…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Mar 2019
- tweaked n.2 — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead