Ὅσον οὔπω

imminent, imminently

Translated by Catharine Roth30 May 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

4 notes · 45 words
[Meaning] quickly, before long; or instead of h)/dh ["already"].1
"At the same time, considering the imminent lack of the necessities, he raises the siege."2
And elsewhere: "for the house was imminently going to fall."3
And elsewhere: "he was expecting that the barbarians would arrive imminently."4

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὅσον οὔπω· ταχύ, μετ' ὀλίγον· ἢ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἤδη. ὁ δὲ ἅμα ἐνθυμούμενος τὴν ὅσον οὔπω ἀπορίαν τῶν ἀναγκαίων λύει τὴν πολιορκίαν. καὶ αὖθις· πεσεῖσθαι γὰρ ὅσον οὔπω τὴν οἰκίαν. καὶ αὖθις· ὅσον οὔπω προσεδόκα παρεσομένους τοὺς βαρβάρους.

Betacode
*(/oson ou)/pw: taxu/, met' o)li/gon: h)\ a)nti\ tou= h)/dh. o( de\ a(/ma e)nqumou/menos th\n o(/son ou)/pw a)pori/an tw=n a)nagkai/wn lu/ei th\n poliorki/an. kai\ au)=qis: pesei=sqai ga\r o(/son ou)/pw th\n oi)ki/an. kai\ au)=qis: o(/son ou)/pw prosedo/ka paresome/nous tou\s barba/rous.

Notes (4)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius omicron561 Theodoridis. The headword phrase is probably quoted from Thucydides, who has several instances of the idiom (e.g. 6.34.9, 8.82.8). ↩
  2. 2Arrian, Parthica fr. 29 Roos; more fully under tau 947. ↩
  3. 3Quotation (with infinitive, probably in indirect discourse) unidentifiable. (Gaisford attributed it to Aelian.) ↩
  4. 4Quotation unidentifiable; transmitted (like the previous two quotations) via the Excerpta made for Constantine Porphyrogenitus. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Feb 2021
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. augmented notes — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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