Μετέωρα
lifted-up, haughty
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Jan 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετέωρα· ὑψηλά. Ἀγαθίας· τὰ δὲ τῆς Ἰταλίας πολίσματα μετέωρα ἦν ἅπαντα καὶ δεδονημένα. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἕτοιμα πρὸς ἐπιχείρησιν.
Betacode
*mete/wra: u(yhla/. *)agaqi/as: ta\ de\ th=s *)itali/as poli/smata mete/wra h)=n a(/panta kai\ dedonhme/na. a)nti\ tou= e(/toima pro\s e)pixei/rhsin.
Notes (2)
- 1Neuter nominative plural of
mete/wros , presumably extracted from the quotation given; cf. in any event mu 770, mu 772, mu 773, mu 774.*mete/wros comes frommeth/oros (mu 788) by quantitative metathesis. ↩ - 2Agathias, Histories 2.6, on civilian anxiety in Italy prior to the Battle of the Volturnus (Battle of Capua) in 554 CE; cf. Frendo (37). For further context, see delta 506, epsilon 953, and lambda 387. ↩
References
J.D. Frendo, trans., Agathias: The Histories, (Berlin 1975)
Linked from5 entries
- μ770Μετέωρονraised up, lofty; agitated[Meaning] on high. "For the spear-bearers lifting Syphax on high carried him into what is called the Thirty-foot, throwing [him] down." Josephus [writes]: "[that] it is better to leave the guilty one agitated by fear"
- μ772Μετέωροςraised-up, stirred-up[Meaning] one who is already prepared for some activity. "As the cities were stirred-up for rebellion, [he] attacked [them]." And elsewhere: "having long been stirred-up for the sight of Olympia, [Aemilius] set out."…
- μ773Μετεώρους νῆαςopen-sea ships, ships on the high seas[A phrase] in Thucydides meaning ones on the ocean and not riding at anchor, but far from land. [The adjective comes] from a metaphor of things being far from land and on a mountain [o)/ros]. Alternatively from having…
- μ774Μετέωροιlifted-up, raised-up"They were lifted-up in their souls and still vacillating in regard to the future."
- μ788Μετήοροςlifted-up[Meaning] lofty.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Nov 2023
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword and tr; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth