Νωθρεία
torpor, sluggishness, sloth, indolence
Translated by Ronald Allen9 Oct 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νωθρεία. καὶ Νωθρός, ὁ ἀσθενής. νωθρότερος ὑπάρχων τοῦ τῆς βασιλείας προσχήματος τῇ φύσει.
Betacode
*nwqrei/a. kai\ *nwqro/s, o( a)sqenh/s. nwqro/teros u(pa/rxwn tou= th=s basilei/as prosxh/matos th=| fu/sei.
Notes (2)
- The unglossed primary headword is a feminine noun in the nominative (and vocative) singular; see LSJ s.v.; ps.-Herodian, Partitiones 93.g; and cf. generally nu 533, nu 534, nu 535, and nu 537. Adler also cites the unpublished Ambrosian Lexicon (419).
- 1For this secondary lemma see LSJ s.v.
nwqro/s, -a/, -o/n . Its gloss is a two-ending adjective in the masculine (and feminine) nominative singular; LSJ s.v.a)sqenh/s, -e/s . Identical glossing in Photius' Lexicon (nu308 Theodoridis) and the Synagoge; cf. Hesychius s.v.gloio/s . Adler also cites Boysen's Lexicon Seguerianum. ↩ - 2As Adler notes, this quotation was attributed to Polybius by 'Wesseling' [= the Westphalian scholar Peter Wesseling (1692-1764)]. Indeed, Polybius 30.18.2 (web address 1) attaches a similar description to the servile behavior of Pr(o)usias II (king [182-149] of Bithynia, in northwest Asia Minor, present-day Turkey; Barrington Atlas map 52 grids E4-G3) when he appeared (167-6) before the Roman senate; cf. pi 2913 and pi 2914; OCD(4) s.v. Prusias(2); and Walbank, p. 441. A positive identification of the fragment, however, remains elusive. ↩
References
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. III, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 29 Nov 2020
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- coding, tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.2; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen