Μετεξέτεροι
some
Translated by Robert Dyer9 Dec 2000Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
In Herodotus [this term is used] instead of 'some people.'
"But some of them turned to dice, others to sleep."
"But some of them turned to dice, others to sleep."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετεξέτεροι· παρ' Ἡροδότῳ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔνιοι. οἱ δὲ μετεξέτεροι αὐτῶν οἱ μὲν πρὸς κύβους, οἱ δὲ πρὸς ὕπνον ἐτρέποντο.
Betacode
*metece/teroi: par' *(hrodo/tw| a)nti\ tou= e)/nioi. oi( de\ metece/teroi au)tw=n oi( me\n pro\s ku/bous, oi( de\ pro\s u(/pnon e)tre/ponto.
Notes
- The headword, masculine nominative plural, is an Ionic dialect word used in Herodotus (here its use at 1.63.1 is quoted) and also in the Corpus Hippocraticum.
For dice and games played with dice see kappa 2602 and pi 1384.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 19 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Robert Dyer