Περιέσεσθαι

to prevail

Translated by Catharine Roth30 May 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 24 words
[Meaning] to overcome.1
"For not otherwise [sc. were they likely, vel sim.] to prevail over a general who was both hasty and altogether unwarlike."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιέσεσθαι· περιγενήσεσθαι. οὐ γὰρ ἑτέρως περιέσεσθαι στρατηγοῦ θερμοῦ τε καὶ ἀμάχου παντάπασιν.

Betacode
*perie/sesqai: perigenh/sesqai. ou) ga\r e(te/rws perie/sesqai strathgou= qermou= te kai\ a)ma/xou panta/pasin.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Future infinitive -- as in the quotation to follow - of peri/eimi (from ei)mi/ "I am"), glossed by the future infinitive of perigi/gnomai; cf. pi 1133, pi 1146. (See also under pi 1123.) ↩
  2. 2Quotation not identified by Adler but now the contextless John of Antioch fr.119.2 Roberto. ↩

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π1128ΠεριέρχομαιI circumventπ1129Περιέσσατοput onπ1130Περιέσεσθαιto prevailπ1131Περίεσιperiesi (?)π1132Περιεσκεμμένοςscrutinized
Revision history4 revisions · last 30 Jan 2015
  1. tweaked a note — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked tr; source identification; another x-ref; more keywords — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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