Οὐδὲν μέλον αὐτῷ
nothing being of interest to it
Translated by Ronald Allen9 Jul 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"But the assemblage of Romans was holding off from battle, nothing being of interest to it beyond the matter of the consequences issuing from its desire for resting arms."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐδὲν μέλον αὐτῷ· τὸ δὲ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἄθροισμα ἀπόμαχον ἦν, οὐδὲν μέλον αὐτῷ περὶ ἀλλοτρίου τοῦ πράγματος τῶν γινομένων τὴν φροντίδα τιθέμενον.
Betacode
*ou)de\n me/lon au)tw=|: to\ de\ tw=n *(rwmai/wn a)/qroisma a)po/maxon h)=n, ou)de\n me/lon au)tw=| peri\ a)llotri/ou tou= pra/gmatos tw=n ginome/nwn th\n fronti/da tiqe/menon.
Notes (1)
- The unglossed headword phrase is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
In this idiom (for which cf. omicron 916) the participle is the present active, neuter nominative/accusative singular of the verbme/lw , I am an object of interest; see LSJ s.v. - 1An approximation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.3.9; Whitby and Whitby, p. 76. The quotation relates to the mutiny in the Roman army, in particular those forces within the Byzantine city of Constantina (Barrington Atlas map 89 grid B3; Tella, Syria; present-day Viranşehir, Turkey), on the eastern frontier with Persia 588-9 CE (Whitby, p. 287). ↩
References
Michael Whitby and Mary Whitby, The History of Theophylact Simocatta, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986
Michael Whitby, The Emperor Maurice and his Historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan Warfare, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988
Michael Whitby, The Emperor Maurice and his Historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan Warfare, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988
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Revision history3 revisions · last 31 Jul 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- pruned keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen