Πλάνης
wanderer, vagabond
Translated by Catharine Roth17 Jun 2012Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πλάνης· πλάνητος. ὥσπερ πλάνης ἄνθρωπος κατὰ βίου πρόφασιν πορευόμενος. ἀντὶ τοῦ πλανήτης.
Betacode
*pla/nhs: pla/nhtos. w(/sper pla/nhs a)/nqrwpos kata\ bi/ou pro/fasin poreuo/menos. a)nti\ tou= planh/ths.
Notes (2)
- This noun/adjective is of the third declension, as distinguished from the related first declension noun
planh/ths (pi 1689). - 1Lacking, Adler reports, in mss A (original hand; added marginally by a later one) and F. ↩
- 2Adler tentatively attributed this phrase to Damascius; it is now his Life of Isidore fr. 396 Zintzen. The phrase
bi/ou pro/fasin "a purpose of life" occurs in the Novellae of Justinian and elsewhere. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- π1687Πλάνηa missing the mark, wandering asideThe failure to hit the target.
- π1689Πλανήτηςwanderer, vagabond[Meaning a] foreigner. Also [sc. attested are] planh=tes ["wanderers"], those travelling hither and thither. "The emperor Heraclius used to impose penalties of [= for] desertion on the wanderers of [= from] Roman power;…
- π1690ΠλανῶI lead astray, I mislead[Used] with an accusative.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Jun 2016
- supplemented translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth