Μεθήσειν
to be about to release
Translated by Catharine Roth14 Feb 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to be about to neglect.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεθήσειν· ἀμελήσειν.
Betacode
*meqh/sein: a)melh/sein.
Notes
- The headword is future active infinitive of
meqi/hmi . Same or similar entry in other lexica (see the references at Photius mu190 Theodoridis), and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 6.330 (where the participlemeqie/nta occurs). The headword itself must be quoted from somewhere else; perhaps Euripides (Medea 751) or Plato (Laws 951D), though there are numerous later possibilities.
See also mu 417, mu 422, mu 423, mu 427.
Linked from5 entries
- μ415Μεθέσθαιto dismiss[Meaning] to abandon. Sophocles [writes]: "and allow men who are your friends to rule your intentions; dismiss these thoughts."
- μ422Μεθημοσύνηcarelessness[Meaning] negligence, laziness.
- μ423Μεθήμωνnegligent[Meaning] careless.
- μ426Μεθίετοwas let go[Meaning he/she/it] was sent out, was sent away. Also [sc. attested is] meqie/mena ['things released'], meaning [things] being thrown, [things] being sent.
- μ427Μεθίειabandons, gives up, relinquishes[Meaning he/she/it] neglects, leaves alone. Also [sc. attested is] meqi/eis ["abandoning"], meaning [one who is] repressing. "[...] nor abandoning war, because of being a bloody and violent man."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 15 May 2013
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth