Οὐκ ἔσθενεν

did not have the strength

Translated by David Whitehead28 Oct 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

5 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] was not able.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὐκ ἔσθενεν· οὐκ ἐδύνατο.

Betacode
*ou)k e)/sqenen: ou)k e)du/nato. 

Notes

  1. The headword phrase is evidently quoted from somewhere (there are several possibilities).
    Hesychius omicron1699 has an entry ou)k e)/sqenon "they did not have the strength," glossed with ou)k i)/sxuon; Latte's edition identifies the source as 3 Maccabees 3.8 LXX.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 20 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweak — David Whitehead
  4. expanded note, added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“did not have the strength.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 28 October 2009. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/omicron/880>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/omicron/880>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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