Μεγαλομερῶς
lavishly, magnificently
Translated by Ronald Allen11 May 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"[He] having received Publius and Gaius benevolently and lavishly."1 Meaning extravagantly.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεγαλομερῶς· τὸν δὲ Πόπλιον καὶ τὸν Γάϊον ἀποδεξάμενος φιλανθρώπως καὶ μεγαλομερῶς. ἀντὶ τοῦ πολυτελῶς.
Betacode
*megalomerw=s: to\n de\ *po/plion kai\ to\n *ga/i+on a)podeca/menos filanqrw/pws kai\ megalomerw=s. a)nti\ tou= polutelw=s.
Notes (1)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is an adverbial form from the two-ending adjective
megalomerh/s, -e/s , consisting of large particles, lavish, magnificent; see generously LSJ s.v. - 1Polybius fr. 181 (Büttner-Wobst). Büttner-Wobst notes (538) that Toup attributed this fragment to Polybius. The fragment is unplaced. The individuals named are possibly the Roman general and consul Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236-183 BCE; cf. OCD(4) p.382, Walbank (191ff), and pi 2054) and Gaius Laelius (c.235-c.160; cf. OCD(4) s.v. Laelius(1) and Walbank (198-200)), who was a friend from childhood and served as a general for Scipio Africanus in Iberia; but the individual who treats them in the way described is unidentifiable. For a passage with very similar vocabulary see Polybius 23.2.9 (web address 1). ↩
References
T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. II, (Oxford 1967)
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. II, (Oxford 1967)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Nov 2018
- expanded n.1, added bibliography item, corrected page number and bibliography formats — Ronald Allen
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen