Φιλεριστῆσαι
to be contentious, to love strife
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Jan 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλεριστῆσαι· φιλονεικῆσαι. Μένανδρος· τὸ γὰρ φίλερι τῆς φιλοπρωτείας μεταξὺ αὐτῶν συμπεσὸν διέλυσε τὰς δυνάμεις.
Betacode
*fileristh=sai: filoneikh=sai. *me/nandros: to\ ga\r fi/leri th=s filoprwtei/as metacu\ au)tw=n sumpeso\n die/luse ta\s duna/meis.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius phi170 Theodoridis. The headword, aorist active infinitive of the rare verb
fileriste/w , must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. ↩ - 2Menander Protector fr. 42 Blockley (248-249). The fragment is unplaced. Blockley suggests (287, note 334) that the fragment might refer to the all too common disunity among Roman generals, as noted in Menander Protector fr. 23.11; cf. Blockley (214-215). ↩
References
R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Dec 2024
- expanded n.2, added bibliography and keyword — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated n.2 — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth