Προδήλως

clearly, conspicuously

Translated by Catharine Roth17 May 2013Vetting: high2 revisions

1 note · 23 words

[Meaning] prudently, bravely. Sophocles [writes]: "[it is] good for me to die conspicuously striving on his behalf rather [than for your wife ...]."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προδήλως· φρονίμως, ἀνδρείως. Σοφοκλῆς· καλόν μοι τοῦδ' ὑπερπονουμένῳ θανεῖν προδήλως μᾶλλον.

Betacode

*prodh/lws: froni/mws, a)ndrei/ws. *sofoklh=s: kalo/n moi tou=d' u(perponoume/nw| qanei=n prodh/lws ma=llon.

Notes (1)

The headword adverb is extracted from the quotation given.
1Sophocles, Ajax 1310-11 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π2361Προγραφαίnotices, edicts, proscriptions π2362Προδείκτηςpantomimic actor π2363Προδήλωςclearly, conspicuously π2364Προδικασίαpre-trial π2365ΠρόδικοςProdikos, Prodicus

Revision history2 revisions · last 14 Oct 2013

14 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
17 May 2013another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
17 May 2013Translated — Catharine Roth