Πονεῖσθαι

to engage in action

Translated by William Hutton13 Jan 2013Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 39 words
[Meaning] to act.1
"Trajan the emperor was just and strong in body. He came to power when he was 40 years old and wanted to engage in every action in the same way as everyone else, after a fashion."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πονεῖσθαι· ἐνεργεῖν. Τραιανὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς δίκαιος ἦν καὶ τῷ σώματι ἐρρωμένος μʹ ἄγων ἔτος ἦρξε καὶ ἠβούλετο ἐξίσου πάντα τοῖς ἄλλοις τρόπον τινὰ πονεῖσθαι.

Betacode
*ponei=sqai: e)nergei=n. *traiano\s o( basileu\s di/kaios h)=n kai\ tw=| sw/mati e)rrwme/nos m# a)/gwn e)/tos h)=rce kai\ h)bou/leto e)ci/sou pa/nta toi=s a)/llois tro/pon tina\ ponei=sqai.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword -- possibly though not necessarily extracted from the quotation given -- is present middle infinitive of pone/w. For the gloss, see pi 2035 (and the other cross-references there). ↩
  2. 2A loose approximation of Cassius Dio 68.6.2-3. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π2034Πονεύμενονperformingπ2035Πονεῖνto doπ2036Πονεῖσθαιto engage in actionπ2037Πονηρὰ κατὰ τρυγόνα ψάλλειςyou are twanging dolefully like a doveπ2038Πονηρίαwickedness
Revision history2 revisions · last 9 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — William Hutton

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