Πραγματομαθής
affairs-adept, adept in affairs
Translated by Ronald Allen24 May 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πραγματομαθής· ὁ δὲ ὢν ἀγχίνους, καὶ τριβῇ κινδύνων πραγματομαθής. καὶ Πραγματομαθεῖς, οἱ τῶν πραγμάτων εἰδήμονες. διὸ καὶ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι πραγματομαθεῖς ὑπάρχοντες ὑφεωρῶντο τὰ τῆς τύχης ἄδηλα.
Betacode
*pragmatomaqh/s: o( de\ w)\n a)gxi/nous, kai\ tribh=| kindu/nwn pragmatomaqh/s. kai\ *pragmatomaqei=s, oi( tw=n pragma/twn ei)dh/mones. dio\ kai\ oi( *(rwmai=oi pragmatomaqei=s u(pa/rxontes u(fewrw=nto ta\ th=s tu/xhs a)/dhla.
Notes (3)
- The headword, attested in this entry alone, is a two-ending adjective in the masculine/feminine nominative singular; see generally LSJ s.v. (where the translation skilled in business does not really suit either of the instances given here).
- 1Quotation unidentifiable (but cf. n. 3 below). For
a)gxi/nous (clever, ready of wit, shrewd, tight-witted), a contracted two-ending adjective here in the nominative singular, see also alpha 402, alpha 403, and generally LSJ s.v.a)gxi/noos . ↩ - 2In her critical apparatus Adler reports that ms A omitted
kai\ , also, and provided a new entry for the secondary lemma. ↩ - 3Again, quotation unidentifiable. (Adler tentatively suggests Polybius, presumably on the basis of his liking for other pragmato- compounds.) ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked hw and tr; modified and expanded notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen