Οὔπως
not at all
Translated by Kyle Helms12 Feb 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] in no way. And Thucydides in [book] 5 [sc. uses the word].1 Also Homer: "o old man, in no way do I, at least, think that this will be brought to completion."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὔπως· οὐδένα τρόπον. καὶ Θουκυδίδης εʹ. καὶ Ὅμηρος· ὦ γέρον, οὔ πως ἔγωγε τοῦτο τελέεσθαι ὀΐω.
Betacode
*ou)/pws: ou)de/na tro/pon. kai\ *qoukudi/dhs e#. kai\ *(/omhros: w)= ge/ron, ou)/ pws e)/gwge tou=to tele/esqai o)i/+w.
Notes (2)
- Same entry in Photius, Lexicon omicron671 Theodoridis, regarded as deriving ultimately from Aelius Dionysius (omicron41).
- 1Thucydides uses
ou)/pws just this once in his entire work, at 5.15.2:h)/rcanto me\n ou)=n meta\ th\n a(/lwsin au)tw=n pra/ssein, a)ll' oi( *)aqhnai=oi ou)/pws h)/qelon, eu)= fero/menoi, e)pi\ th=| i)/sh| katalu/esqai . "Thus they began straightaway to take action after capture of those men, but the Athenians, doing well, were not at all willing to settle the dispute on equal terms". ↩ - 2An approximation of Homer, Odyssey 3.226:
w)= ge/ron, ou)/ pw tou=to e)/pos tele/esqai o)i+/w "O old man, in no way do I think that this word will be brought to completion." Modern editors (e.g. Allen; von der Mühll = TLG) tend to prefer to printou)/ pw following the codices. ↩
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