Ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη πονηρῶς τε καὶ ἀθλίως ἀπολουμένων

[they] having already all but perished both wickedly and miserably

Translated by Catharine Roth28 May 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 12 words

And elsewhere: "for that man was already all but ruling¹ over Asia."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη πονηρῶς τε καὶ ἀθλίως ἀπολουμένων. καὶ αὖθις· ἐκεῖνον γὰρ ὅσον οὐ βασιλεύειν τῆς Ἀσίας.

Betacode

*(/oson ou)k h)/dh ponhrw=s te kai\ a)qli/ws a)poloume/nwn. kai\ au)=qis: e)kei=non ga\r o(/son ou) basileu/ein th=s *)asi/as.

Notes (1)

Two quotations (to illustrate the o(/son ou)/ou)k idiom, for which see already omicron 700) from unknown historiographical sources, transmitted via the Excerpta made for Constantine Porphyrogenitus.
1Infinitive, perhaps in indirect discourse. Bernhardy suggested the future infinitive basileu/sein: "would be all but ruling." ↩

Linked from1 entry

ο985Οὐχ ὁσονούnot all butMeaning not slowly, but quickly; like mononou/.

Neighbouring entries

ο699Ὅσον βιώσιμονas far as [is] livable ο700Ὅσον οὐκ ἀποτετέλεστοit had been all but completed ο701Ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη πονηρῶς τε καὶ ἀθλίως ἀπολουμένων[they] having already all but perished both wickedly and miserably ο702Ὅσον οὔπωimminent, imminently ο703Ὅσῳby how much

Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Feb 2021

14 Feb 2021coding — Catharine Roth
30 Jul 2013tweak — Catharine Roth
30 Jul 2013Revised — David Whitehead
28 May 2010expanded note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 May 2010Translated — Catharine Roth