Περίστατοι

surrounded

Translated by David Whitehead14 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 27 words
Isocrates in the [speech] On the Antidosis [writes]: "[like] tricks which are useless yet become surrounded by the foolish".1 Meaning around which spectators gather in a circle.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περίστατοι· Ἰσοκράτης ἐν τῷ Περὶ τῆς ἀντιδόσεως· θαυματοποιΐαις ταῖς οὐδὲν ὠφελούσαις, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν ἀνοήτων περιστάτοις γινομέναις. ἀντὶ τοῦ περὶ ἃς κύκλῳ ἵστανται οἱ θεώμενοι.

Betacode
*peri/statoi: *)isokra/ths e)n tw=| *peri\ th=s a)ntido/sews: qaumatopoii/+ais tai=s ou)de\n w)felou/sais, u(po\ de\ tw=n a)noh/twn perista/tois ginome/nais. a)nti\ tou= peri\ a(\s ku/klw| i(/stantai oi( qew/menoi.

Notes (1)

  1. Abbreviated from Harpokration s.v.; see also Photius s.v.
    The headword is nominative plural, presumably generated by the quotation given, where it is dative plural.
    cf. generally pi 1295, pi 1296.
  2. 1Isocrates 15.269 (web address 1). ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π1295Περίστασιςcircumstance, display, stature, station, tense situationπ1296Περίστασινsurroundingπ1297Περίστατοιsurroundedπ1298ΠεριστέλλωI cloak, I cover, I protect, I wrap upπ1299Περιστένεταιis constricted
Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Sep 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. fixed link — Catharine Roth
  3. tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics, link, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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