Ὅπη παρείκοι
however it might be practicable
Translated by Ronald Allen28 Sep 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] wherever it was possible and was allowable.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὅπη παρείκοι· ὅπου ἐνεδέχετο καὶ ἐνεχώρει.
Betacode
*(/oph parei/koi: o(/pou e)nede/xeto kai\ e)nexw/rei.
Notes
- The headword phrase is quoted from Thucydides 3.1.2 (web address 1); see the scholia there. Many later writers borrow the phrase.
Its verb is the present optative active, third person singular, of the verbparei/kw ; cf. pi 590.
For its relative adverb see already omicron 447.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ο447Ὅπηby what way, in what direction, how[Meaning] where.
- π590Παρείκοιmight give way, might be practicable[Meaning he/she/it] might go back/recoil/retire. "Sending horsemen as skirmishers, whenever it might be practicable, they were taking in provisions." [Meaning] where it was possible. And elsewhere: "we might pursue them…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Jul 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added link, expanded note, raised status — Catharine Roth
- tweaked headword; augmented notes — David Whitehead
- modified translation, added keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen