Μεθιεμένους
letting go
Translated by Catharine Roth14 Feb 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning them] allowing, handing over.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεθιεμένους· ἐῶντας, προδιδόντας,
Betacode
*meqieme/nous: e)w=ntas, prodido/ntas,
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu192 Theodoridis. The headword is present middle participle of
meqi/hmi , masculine accusative plural. It must be quoted from somewhere; the possibilities include Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 6.34.3.
cf. mu 418, mu 419, et al.
Linked from4 entries
- μ415Μεθέσθαιto dismiss[Meaning] to abandon. Sophocles [writes]: "and allow men who are your friends to rule your intentions; dismiss these thoughts."
- 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."
- μ783Μετεῖναιto let go, to ignore, to release[Meaning] to go among, pursue; to follow up. Herodotus [writes]: "he first impaled the magi who had persuaded him to let Cyrus go."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 15 May 2013
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth