Πραξάμενος
having exacted
Translated by David Whitehead25 Oct 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πραξάμενος· ἀπαιτήσας, λαβών. Μάλλιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος τʹ τάλαντα πραξάμενος παρὰ Ἀριαράθου φίλον αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατο Ῥωμαίων.
Betacode
*praca/menos: a)paith/sas, labw/n. *ma/llios o( a)nqu/patos t# ta/lanta praca/menos para\ *)ariara/qou fi/lon au)to\n e)poih/sato *(rwmai/wn.
Notes (2)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is the aorist middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of
pra/ssw . - 1cf. pi 2229 and pi 2232. ↩
- 2Polybius 21.45 (on Cn. Manlius Vulso in 189/8 BCE); preserved only here, but cf. Livy 38.39.6, etc. For Ariarathes see alpha 3869, and under alpha 2218 and alpha 4316. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- μ218ΜάρκοςMarcus[Marcus] Mallius, a patrician; when the Celts were attacking Rome, he saved that [city] and was deemed worthy of the greatest honors. Later, noticing an old man who had often served as a soldier being taken into bondage…
- π2229Πράττεσθαιto exact[Meaning] to demand. "[...] but that none of the Italians were to exact a tax [...]."
- π2231Πραττόμενοιexacting[Used] with a dative. "[They] exacting nothing shameful to the city". But [also used] with an accusative: "[they] exacting both tributes and offices."
- π2232Πραττομένουςexacting[Meaning them] demanding. Isocrates [writes]: "and exacting only a small [sc. fee] from their pupils". "Exacting [money] from the masters of the vessels, but giving nobody a feeling of a tax."
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