Λιπαρία
perseverance, importuning
Translated by Nick Nicholas16 Jun 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] sitting in wait.
"He used to mock them, for not getting anything out of such protracted importuning. He used to jeer at the attendants of the god, saying that they had got anything out of such protracted importuning."1
"He used to mock them, for not getting anything out of such protracted importuning. He used to jeer at the attendants of the god, saying that they had got anything out of such protracted importuning."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λιπαρία· ἡ προσεδρεία. ἐχλεύαζεν αὐτούς, ὡς ἐκ τῆς λιπαρίας τῆς τοσῆσδε πλέον ἔχειν οὐδέν. ὁ δὲ ἐτώθαζε τοῦ θεοῦ τοὺς θεραπευτῆρας λέγων ἐκ τῆς τοσαύτης λιπαρίας πλέον ἔχειν οὐδέν.
Betacode
*lipari/a: h( prosedrei/a. e)xleu/azen au)tou/s, w(s e)k th=s lipari/as th=s tosh=sde ple/on e)/xein ou)de/n. o( de\ e)tw/qaze tou= qeou= tou\s qerapeuth=ras le/gwn e)k th=s tosau/ths lipari/as ple/on e)/xein ou)de/n.
Notes (1)
- 1Aelian fragments 64e and 64f Domingo-Forasté (both part of 61 Hercher), shortly after the excerpt quoted under lambda 583. The reference is to an Epicurean atheist, mocking temple attendants for the pointlessness of their religious practices; and the two sentences given here look like variants of a single one. See also chi 338. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 3 Feb 2014
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated reference again — Catharine Roth
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- expanded and modified note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas