Ὡς ἐπίπαν
on the whole
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Oct 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] for the most part. This is also said with w(s plh/qei ["usually"]. Dio the historian has used the expression in many places, including [book] 17 of the Roman Histories. "For otherwise too it was his nature usually to show boldness in good fortune but moderation in ill fortune; and as the outcome of this, fearing [he judged to be] self-control, but boldness [he judged to be] licentiousness. Increasingly was this discovered in him."1 Also in [book] 13: "indeed it was his nature usually [to derive] steadfastness from slowness, while agility came from a swift intelligence."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὡς ἐπίπαν· ὡς ἐπιπολύ. λέγεται δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ὡς πλήθει. Δίων ὁ συγγραφεὺς πολλαχοῦ κέχρηται τῇ λέξει καὶ ἐν Ῥωμαϊκῶν ιζʹ· πέφυκε γὰρ καὶ ἄλλως ὡς πλήθει τὸ μὲν εὐτυχοῦν θρασύνεσθαι, τὸ δὲ κακοπραγοῦν μετριάζειν· κἀκ τούτου τὸ μὲν δεδιὸς σωφρονεῖν, τὸ δὲ θαρσοῦν ἀκολασταίνειν. ἐπὶ πλέον δ' ἐν ἐκείνῳ τοῦτ' ἐφωράθη. καὶ ἐν ιγʹ. καίτοι πέφυκεν ὡς πλήθει τὸ μὲν βέβαιον ἐκ βραδυτῆτος, τὸ δ' ὀξύρροπον ἐκ τάχους διανοίας ὑπάρχειν.
Betacode
*(ws e)pi/pan: w(s e)pipolu/. le/getai de\ tou=to kai\ w(s plh/qei. *di/wn o( suggrafeu\s pollaxou= ke/xrhtai th=| le/cei kai\ e)n *(rwmai+kw=n iz#: pe/fuke ga\r kai\ a)/llws w(s plh/qei to\ me\n eu)tuxou=n qrasu/nesqai, to\ de\ kakopragou=n metria/zein: ka)k tou/tou to\ me\n dedio\s swfronei=n, to\ de\ qarsou=n a)kolastai/nein. e)pi\ ple/on d' e)n e)kei/nw| tou=t' e)fwra/qh. kai\ e)n ig#. kai/toi pe/fuken w(s plh/qei to\ me\n be/baion e)k braduth=tos, to\ d' o)cu/rropon e)k ta/xous dianoi/as u(pa/rxein.
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- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
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- Translated — Catharine Roth