Μέταιτος

mendicant

Translated by Nick Nicholas31 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 22 words
[Meaning a] beggar, panhandler.1
"He died a mendicant and impoverished of money, so much so as to be buried at public expense."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μέταιτος· ἐπαίτης, προσαίτης. οὕτω τε μέταιτος ἐτελεύτησε καὶ χρημάτων ἄπορος, ὡς κοινοῖς ταφῆναι χρήμασι.

Betacode
*me/taitos: e)pai/ths, prosai/ths. ou(/tw te me/taitos e)teleu/thse kai\ xrhma/twn a)/poros, w(s koinoi=s tafh=nai xrh/masi.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword is normally metai/ths (so given in LSJ). For the glossing cf. Hesychius mu988 (genitive cases). ↩
  2. 2John of Antioch fr.43 FHG (4.555), now 78 Roberto = Constantine Porphyogenitus, On virtues and vices Vol. 1 p. 169 Büttner-Wobst & Roos; concerning the consular tribune Lucius Valerius Poplicola (pi 2052).
    The three nouns differ only in their prepositional prefix: begging to share something, begging about something, begging towards something.     ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Jan 2015
  1. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Nick Nicholas

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