Λειπόμεθα
we are lost
Translated by David Whitehead8 Sep 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λειπόμεθα· ἡττήμεθα. ἅμα τῷ τὸν στρατηγὸν εἰπεῖν τοῖς ὄχλοις, ὅτι λειπόμεθα μάχῃ μεγάλῃ, τηλικαύτην συνέβη γενέσθαι διατροπήν. καὶ σύνταξις· ἑάλωσαν δὲ αἰχμάλωτοι δισχίλιοι λείποντες διακοσίων.
Betacode
*leipo/meqa: h(tth/meqa. a(/ma tw=| to\n strathgo\n ei)pei=n toi=s o)/xlois, o(/ti leipo/meqa ma/xh| mega/lh|, thlikau/thn sune/bh gene/sqai diatroph/n. kai\ su/ntacis: e(a/lwsan de\ ai)xma/lwtoi disxi/lioi lei/pontes diakosi/wn.
Notes (2)
- 1Polybius 3.85.8 (on the Battle of Lake Trasimene, 217 BCE; web address 1). For the idiom see already lambda 378, with another piece of Polybius. ↩
- 2Quotation unidentifiable -- but for the idiom see generally LSJ s.v.
lei/pw , A.II.2. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- λ378Λείπεσθαιto lose[Meaning] to be defeated. Polybius [writes]: "of all the activities in warfare, the souls/spirits of the contenders have the greatest weight [sc. in influencing the outcome] both toward losing and toward winning."
- λ382ΛείπομαιI am left without, I am left behind[Used] with a genitive and [= or] with a dative.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 1 May 2020
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.2 — David Whitehead
- Added link; cosmetics; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
- Translated — David Whitehead