Μεταχειρίσαι

to conduct, to handle, to manage

Translated by David Whitehead12 Jan 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

14 words

That is to exchange, namely [sc. in this instance] to make triremes from pentekonters.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μεταχειρίσαι· τουτέστιν ἐναλλάξαι, ἤγουν ἀπὸ πεντηκοντήρων ποιεῖν τριήρεις.

Betacode

*metaxeiri/sai: toute/stin e)nalla/cai, h)/goun a)po\ penthkonth/rwn poiei=n trih/reis.

Notes

Aorist infinitive of metaxeiri/zw, extracted from Thucydides 1.13.2 (web address 1) and (naively) glossed as in the scholia thereto.
For pentekonters see generally pi 981; for triremes, tau 977.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

μ746ΜεταχειρίζομαιI handle, I manage, I take in hand[Used] with an accusative.

Neighbouring entries

μ745Μεταχειρίζεινto handle, to manage μ746ΜεταχειρίζομαιI handle, I manage, I take in hand μ747Μεταχειρίσαιto conduct, to handle, to manage μ748Μεταχρονίαhigh in the air μ749Μεταχρωννύντεςchanging the colour

Revision history3 revisions · last 19 May 2013

19 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
13 Jan 2009typo; x-refs — David Whitehead
13 Jan 2009added link, set status — Catharine Roth
12 Jan 2009Translated — David Whitehead