Πιστώσαντες αὐτὸν τοῖς ὅρκοις
having bound him with the oaths
Translated by David Whitehead8 Aug 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Meaning [they] having taken an oath from him. For when we say 'I bind you with an oath', this means 'I take an oath from you'; but 'I am bound [to] you with an oath' means I give an oath to you.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πιστώσαντες αὐτὸν τοῖς ὅρκοις· ἀντὶ τοῦ ὅρκον ἐξ αὐτοῦ λαβόντες. ὅταν γὰρ λέγωμεν, πιστῶ σε ὅρκῳ, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὅρκον ἐκ σοῦ λαμβάνω· πιστοῦμαί σε δὲ ὅρκῳ, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὅρκον σοι δίδωμι.
Betacode
*pistw/santes au)to\n toi=s o(/rkois: a)nti\ tou= o(/rkon e)c au)tou= labo/ntes. o(/tan ga\r le/gwmen, pistw= se o(/rkw|, a)nti\ tou= o(/rkon e)k sou= lamba/nw: pistou=mai/ se de\ o(/rkw|, a)nti\ tou= o(/rkon soi di/dwmi.
Notes
- Thucydides 4.88.1 (on the Akanthians and Brasidas in 424), with the comment of the scholia there. See web address 1.
The distinction drawn in the latter part of the scholion, hard to reproduce in English translation, is between the active and middle voice ofpisto/w .
See also pi 1653.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 10 Aug 2010
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead