Μακρῷ
far beyond, by far
Translated by Ronald Allen9 Nov 2007Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Meaning by much. Eunapius [writes]: "Carinus the emperor,1 having come into power and wielding supreme authority, engaged in so great an evil tyranny that he made golden the tyranny acted out in tragic drama. And thus by his deeds went far beyond the name [sc. of tyrant]."2
And elsewhere: "of them all, he was by far the most outrageous."3
And elsewhere: "of them all, he was by far the most outrageous."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μακρῷ· ἀντὶ τοῦ πολύ. Εὐνάπιος· Καρῖνος ὁ βασιλεύς, γενόμενος ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ καὶ βουλήσεως κύριος ἀνέδραμε τηλικοῦτον κακὸν ἐς τυραννίδα, ὥστε ἀπέδειξε χρυσὸν τὴν τραγῳδουμένην τυραννίδα. οὕτω καὶ τοὔνομα τοῖς ἔργοις μακρῷ παρῆλθε. καὶ αὖθις· τούτων ἁπάντων ἦν ὑβριστότατος μακρῷ.
Betacode
*makrw=|: a)nti\ tou= polu/. *eu)na/pios: *kari=nos o( basileu/s, geno/menos e)n e)cousi/a| kai\ boulh/sews ku/rios a)ne/drame thlikou=ton kako\n e)s turanni/da, w(/ste a)pe/deice xruso\n th\n tragw|doume/nhn turanni/da. ou(/tw kai\ tou)/noma toi=s e)/rgois makrw=| parh=lqe. kai\ au)=qis: tou/twn a(pa/ntwn h)=n u(bristo/tatos makrw=|.
Notes (3)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the first quotation given but also illustrated by the second, is the masculine/neuter dative singular of the adjective
makro/s ; see generally LSJ s.v. See also mu 84. - 1Marcus Aurelius Carinus was Emperor (283-285) in the west: cf. kappa 391, delta 1205 note, and see OCD(4) s.v. ↩
- 2Quoted approximately from Eunapius fr.4 FHG (4.14). ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Wasps 1303 (web address 1); cf. pi 735. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- κ391ΚαρῖνοςKarinos, Carinus[Carinus], son of the emperor Carus, having come to power and [become] master of his desire, shot up [through] such great evil to tyranny, that to those who experienced it he made golden the tyranny acted out in tragic…
- μ84Μακρῷby a long wayMeaning very much. Herodotus [writes]: "in my opinion Aristodemos was best by a long way." And elsewhere: "stood out by a long way".
Neighbouring entries
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- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen