Περιεῖναι
to survive, to overcome
Translated by Catharine Roth29 May 2004Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to be in life, to live. "At that time it came about that Justin survived in this manner."1
Also meaning to conquer. "[...] especially that his brother Gaius would not endure to overcome him when he had become a slave of his enemies."2
"Nor being able to overcome his enemies by not doing his duty because of stinginess."3
Also meaning to conquer. "[...] especially that his brother Gaius would not endure to overcome him when he had become a slave of his enemies."2
"Nor being able to overcome his enemies by not doing his duty because of stinginess."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περιεῖναι· ἐν βίῳ διάγειν, ζῆν. τότε μὲν οὕτως Ἰουστίνῳ περιεῖναι ξυνέβη. καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ νικᾶν. ἐν δὲ τοῖς μάλιστα τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ Γάϊον οὐκ ἀνέξεσθαι περιεῖναι αὐτὸν δοῦλον τῶν πολεμίων γεγονότα. οὐδὲ περιεῖναι τῶν πολεμίων οἷός τε ὤν, τῷ μὴ τὰ δέοντα ὑπὸ σμικρολογίας ἐργάζεσθαι.
Betacode
*periei=nai: e)n bi/w| dia/gein, zh=n. to/te me\n ou(/tws *)iousti/nw| periei=nai cune/bh. kai\ a)nti\ tou= nika=n. e)n de\ toi=s ma/lista to\n a)delfo\n au)tou= *ga/i+on ou)k a)ne/cesqai periei=nai au)to\n dou=lon tw=n polemi/wn gegono/ta. ou)de\ periei=nai tw=n polemi/wn oi(=o/s te w)/n, tw=| mh\ ta\ de/onta u(po\ smikrologi/as e)rga/zesqai.
Notes (3)
- cf. pi 1145, pi 1155, pi 1217.
- 1Procopius, Secret History 6.10 (web address 1), on the future emperor Justin (cf. iota 449) as a soldier; cf. Kaldellis (29). During the Isaurian War (492-498), Justin had been imprisoned by his commander Ioannes (cf. PLRE II s.v. Ioannes(93)), and was slated for execution, but Ioannes granted him a reprieve as the result of a recurring dream-vision. ↩
- 2Perhaps rather, "Especially that his brother Gaius would not endure that he should survive after he had become a slave of his enemies" (interpreting
periei=nai not as "to conquer" but as "to continue living," and supposing that the lexicographer may be mistaken, or thatnika=n belongs to pi 1146 instead of here). In any event, the quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) is unidentifiable. ↩ - 3Procopius, Secret History 18.29 (web address 2), on Justinian (cf. iota 446); cf. Kaldellis (84). On Justinian's tendency to provoke military engagements, but to neglect proper financing of any resulting war, see also alpha 2002, epsilon 1564, and eta 406. ↩
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. II, (Cambridge 1980)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. II, (Cambridge 1980)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- π1135Περίεσταιwill excel, will surpass[Used] with a genitive.
- π1145ΠερίειμιI survive[Meaning] I am alive, I am still safe. "And 'I myself,' he said, 'fought in Mysia and am now surviving;' and holding up his spear, he said, 'in this is my trust'."
- π1146Περιεῖναιto survive[Meaning] to remain in existence. "[He] seeing that the city would not be able to survive otherwise than by famine."
- π1155Περιῆνwas prevailing[Meaning he/she/it] was conquering, was surviving, was existing.
- π1217Περιόνταςsurviving[Meaning them] living. Agathias [writes]: "and they said they would provide for him whatever he wished to use, if only they might see the hostages surviving."
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Revision history9 revisions · last 27 Jun 2024
- expanded n.3; added cross-references and link — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-reference, keyword, and link — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; typo and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth