Μετέωροι
lifted-up, raised-up
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Jan 2006Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
"They were lifted-up in their souls and still vacillating in regard to the future."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετέωροι· ἦσαν δὲ μετέωροι ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ πρὸς τὸ μέλλον ἔτι σαλεύοντες.
Betacode
*mete/wroi: h)=san de\ mete/wroi tai=s yuxai=s kai\ pro\s to\ me/llon e)/ti saleu/ontes.
Notes
Linked from4 entries
- μ764Μετέωραlifted-up, haughty[Meaning] lofty [ones]. Agathias [writes]: "all the townships of Italy were lifted-up and agitated." Meaning ready to face an attack.
- 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…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 20 May 2013
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- removed a keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth