Πραττόμενοι

exacting

Translated by Catharine Roth7 Feb 2013Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 23 words

Translation

[Used] with a dative. "[They] exacting nothing shameful to the city".1 But [also used] with an accusative: "[they] exacting both tributes and offices."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πραττόμενοι· δοτικῇ. μηδὲν αἴσχιστον τῇ πόλει πραττόμενοι. αἰτιατικῇ δέ· καὶ φόρους καὶ ἀρχὰς πραττόμενοι.

Betacode
*pratto/menoi: dotikh=|. mhde\n ai)/sxiston th=| po/lei pratto/menoi. ai)tiatikh=| de/: kai\ fo/rous kai\ a)rxa\s pratto/menoi. 

Notes (2)

  1. Parallels in syntactical lexica; cf. pi 2210, pi 2229, pi 2232.
  2. 1Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
  3. 2Again, quotation unidentifiable. (Adler tentatively attributes it, for no obvious reason, to Diodorus Siculus.) ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 13 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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