Φατέ

you declare, you pronounce

Translated by David Whitehead15 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 38 words

Translation

[Meaning] you say.1
Polybius [writes]: "it must be declared to be the task of a good commander never to undertake decisive engagements without a purpose - no matter how total the inducement -- if he finds himself unprepared".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φατέ· λέγετε. Πολύβιος· φατέον, ἡγεμόνος ἀγαθοῦ ἔργον εἶναι τὸ μὴ δεῖν μηδέποτε χωρὶς προθέσεως μηδ' ἐκ πάσης ἀφορμῆς ποιεῖσθαι τοὺς ὁλοσχερεῖς κινδύνους, καὶ μάλιστα, εἰ τυγχάνοι τις ὢν ἀπαράσκευος.

Betacode
*fate/: le/gete. *polu/bios: fate/on, h(gemo/nos a)gaqou= e)/rgon ei)=nai to\ mh\ dei=n mhde/pote xwri\s proqe/sews mhd' e)k pa/shs a)formh=s poiei=sqai tou\s o(losxerei=s kindu/nous, kai\ ma/lista, ei) tugxa/noi tis w)\n a)para/skeuos. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1(cf. phi 63, phi 66, phi 68, phi 122.) Likewise in other lexica. ↩
  2. 2The gist of Polybius 3.69.12-13, with the verbal adjective fate/on. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Jan 2023
  1. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. added another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“you declare, you pronounce.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 15 November 2001. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/phi/130>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/phi/130>.

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

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