Πραγματικώτατον
most effective, very effective
Translated by Ronald Allen19 May 2013Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πραγματικώτατον· ἐνεργητικώτατον. ὃ δὴ καὶ πραγματικώτατον γεγονέναι τὸ διαβούλιον. καὶ αὖθις· τοῦτο δὲ ἐποίει νουνεχῶς ἅμα καὶ πραγματικῶς.
Betacode
*pragmatikw/taton: e)nerghtikw/taton. o(\ dh\ kai\ pragmatikw/taton gegone/nai to\ diabou/lion. kai\ au)=qis: tou=to de\ e)poi/ei nounexw=s a(/ma kai\ pragmatikw=s.
Notes (3)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the first quotation given, is the superlative degree, neuter nominative/accusative singular (and masculine accusative singular), of the adjective
pragmatiko/s, -h/, -o/n , fit for action, effective; see generally LSJ s.v. - 1The gloss is the same form as the headword, but from the adjective
e)nerghtiko/s , able to act upon, energetic; cf. epsilon 635 (gloss) and see generally LSJ s.v. ↩ - 2Polybius fr. 203 (Büttner-Wobst). [Its beginning,
o(\ dh\ kai/ , has been suspected as faulty. In her critical apparatus Adler notes that Bernhardy suggestedo(\ dh\ kai\ e)do/kei , whereas Hultsch opted fore)do/kei alone.] ↩ - 3Polybius fr. 204 (Büttner-Wobst), containing an adverb related to the headword. Büttner-Wobst (p. 541n) notes that Valesius [= Henri de Valois 1603-1676, classical historian and philologist] attributed both it and the quotation at pi 2394 (q.v.) to Polybius. ↩
References
T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, Teubner: Leipzig, 1904
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Revision history2 revisions · last 13 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen