Μελέτη

study, military drill

Translated by Nick Nicholas10 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 28 words
[Meaning] exercise, care.1
"And one would not go wrong in saying that the drills of the Romans are battle-stations without blood, while their battle-stations are drills with blood."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μελέτη· ἄσκησις, ἐπιμέλεια. καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοι τις εἰπὼν τὰς μὲν μελέτας τῶν Ῥωμαίων χωρὶς αἵματος παρατάξεις, τὰς δὲ παρατάξεις μεθ' αἵματος μελέτας.

Betacode
*mele/th: a)/skhsis, e)pime/leia. kai\ ou)k a)\n a(ma/rtoi tis ei)pw\n ta\s me\n mele/tas tw=n *(rwmai/wn xwri\s ai(/matos parata/ceis, ta\s de\ parata/ceis meq' ai(/matos mele/tas.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Similar wording in the definition of meleta=| in Hesychius mu680. ↩
  2. 2Josephus, Jewish War 3.75, comparing the Romans' approach to military drills and actual battles (see web address 1). For 'battle-stations' see generally pi 457. ↩

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μ476Μελεϊστίlimb-from-limbμ477Μέλεοςidle, miserableμ478Μελέτηstudy, military drillμ479Μελετώμενοιstudyingμ480Μελέτωρcaretaker
Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Aug 2020
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. added link — Catharine Roth
  4. modified n.2; x-ref; more keywords — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Nick Nicholas

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