Μεταίτιον

accessory, joint cause

Translated by Nick Nicholas31 Jul 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

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Herodotus [writes]: "because the whole crowd was an accessory to these events, they would not accept the demands."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μεταίτιον· Ἡρόδοτος· τῶν δὲ πᾶν γὰρ ἦν τὸ πλῆθος μεταίτιον, οὐκ ἐδέκοντο τοὺς λόγους.

Betacode

*metai/tion: *(hro/dotos: tw=n de\ pa=n ga\r h)=n to\ plh=qos metai/tion, ou)k e)de/konto tou\s lo/gous.

Notes (1)

The (unglossed) headword adjective is presumably extracted from the quotation given; if so, it is neuter singular.
1Herodotus 4.200.1 (web address 1), on the Persians' demand to the townspeople of Barce [beta 117] to surrender the murderers of Arcesilaus. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

μ748Μεταχρονίαhigh in the air μ749Μεταχρωννύντεςchanging the colour μ750Μεταίτιονaccessory, joint cause μ751Μέταιτοςmendicant μ752Μεταίχμιονno man's land

Revision history2 revisions · last 19 May 2013

19 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
31 Jul 2009augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
31 Jul 2009Translated — Nick Nicholas