Περὶ παντὸς ἐποιεῖτο

was making every effort, was giving top priority

Translated by David Whitehead11 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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Meaning [he/she/it] was keen. "Cyrus was making every effort [to ensure] that it was the just men who became rich".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περὶ παντὸς ἐποιεῖτο· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔσπευδεν. ὁ δὲ Κῦρος τοὺς δικαίους περὶ παντὸς ἐποιεῖτο πλουσίους ποιεῖν.

Betacode

*peri\ panto\s e)poiei=to: a)nti\ tou= e)/speuden. o( de\ *ku=ros tou\s dikai/ous peri\ panto\s e)poiei=to plousi/ous poiei=n.

Notes (1)

The headword phrase is presumably extracted from the quotation.
1Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.16, summarized: text at web address 1. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π1262Περὶ πολλοῦ ποιοῦmake much of, set great store by[Meaning] honour, attend to.

Neighbouring entries

π1236Περιώσαςhaving pushed around, having shoved around π1237Περιώσιονbeyond measure π1238Περὶ παντὸς ἐποιεῖτοwas making every effort, was giving top priority π1239Περιπαρῆναιto have been spitted π1240Περιπεταστὸν κἀπιμανδαλωτόνa 'spread-open-around' and a 'bolted-shut-on-top'.

Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Sep 2013

26 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
13 May 2011more keywords — David Whitehead
29 Jul 2004Revised — David Whitehead
12 Oct 2001added link — Catharine Roth
11 Oct 2001Translated — David Whitehead