Μαγγανεία

trickery

Translated by Catharine Roth2 Oct 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 35 words
[Meaning] sorcery.1
"He fell into a grievous disease as a result of trickery and punished many who had been arrested for this."2
Procopius [writes]: "and she had constrained her husband with many kinds of trickery."3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μαγγανεία· ἡ γοητεία. ὁ δὲ νόσῳ περιέπεσεν ἐκ μαγγανείας χαλεπῇ καὶ πολλοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἁλόντας ἐκόλασε. Προκόπιος· καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα μαγγανείαις κατειλήφει πολλαῖς.

Betacode
*magganei/a: h( gohtei/a. o( de\ no/sw| perie/pesen e)k magganei/as xaleph=| kai\ pollou\s e)pi\ tou/tw| a(lo/ntas e)ko/lase. *proko/pios: kai\ to\n a)/ndra magganei/ais kateilh/fei pollai=s.

Notes (3)

  1. cf. generally mu 3, mu 5.
  2. 1For gohtei/a, see gamma 365 (as well as mu 5). ↩
  3. 2Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.) ↩
  4. 3Procopius, Secret History 1.13 (web address 1), on Antonina and Belisarius (beta 233); cf. Kaldellis (5). On Antonina see epsilon 671 note. ↩

References


A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)

External resources

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μ2Μαγγάναwine-caskμ3Μαγγανευτήςimposterμ4Μαγγανείαtrickeryμ5Μάγγανονpotion, philtreμ6Μαγάςbridge
Revision history5 revisions · last 21 Jun 2024
  1. added bibliography, cross-reference, and link n.3 — Ronald Allen
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. more x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  5. tweaked tr; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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