Ὁρμαθός

chain

Translated by William Hutton8 Jul 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 38 words

[Meaning a] connection, line.¹
"By gathering together such a chain of evils he overshadowed the shortcomings of Tiberius. For whatever had been acquired by Augustus over a long period of time this man lost in a single day."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὁρμαθός· σύνδεσμος, στίχος. τοσοῦτον ὁρμαθὸν κακῶν συνειληφὼς ἔκρυψε τὰ τοῦ Τιβερίου μειονεκτήματα. ὅσα γὰρ Αὐγούστῳ ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ περιεποιήθη, οὗτος ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ἀπεκτήσατο.

Betacode

*(ormaqo/s: su/ndesmos, sti/xos. tosou=ton o(rmaqo\n kakw=n suneilhfw\s e)/kruye ta\ tou= *tiberi/ou meionekth/mata. o(/sa ga\r *au)gou/stw| e)n pollw=| xro/nw| periepoih/qh, ou(=tos e)n mia=| h(me/ra| a)pekth/sato.

Notes (2)

1Likewise in Synagoge omicron224 and Photius, Lexicon omicron493 Theodoridis; similarly elsewhere (e.g. Hesychius omicron1238). ↩
2John of Antioch fr.82 FHG (Müller), now 162.1 Roberto, via Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de Virtutibus 1.178. The subject is Caligula (kappa 216). ↩

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ο594Ὅρκοςoath ο595Ὁρκωμοσίαoath-swearing ο596Ὁρμαθόςchain ο597Ὁρμαίνονταpondering ο598Ὄρμεναstalks, stems

Revision history5 revisions · last 20 May 2016

20 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
29 Jan 2015updated a ref — David Whitehead
17 Jul 2013expanded and updated n.1 — David Whitehead
8 Jul 2010x-rer; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Jul 2010added a keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
8 Jul 2010Translated — William Hutton

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