Προέσθαι
to send out
Translated by Catharine Roth5 May 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προέσθαι· προδοῦναι. λαβὼν δὲ τὸ ξίφος Πόρκιος Μάρκος καὶ καταληφθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων ἐφονεύετο, κρίνων τὴν ψυχὴν προέσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ τὴν μάχαιραν καὶ πολλὰ λαβὼν τραύματα παραδόξως ἐσώθη.
Betacode
*proe/sqai: prodou=nai. labw\n de\ to\ ci/fos *po/rkios *ma/rkos kai\ katalhfqei\s u(po\ tw=n polemi/wn e)foneu/eto, kri/nwn th\n yuxh\n proe/sqai ma=llon h)\ th\n ma/xairan kai\ polla\ labw\n trau/mata parado/cws e)sw/qh.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius pi1220 Theodoridis. The headword is aorist middle infinitive of
proi+/hmi ; cf. pi 2393, pi 2395, pi 2408, pi 2417, pi 2422, pi 2426, pi 2428, pi 2549. It is taken to be quoted from Thucydides 1.44.2; cf. the scholia there. ↩ - 2Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable. Valesius [Henri de Valois, 1603-1676] attributed it to Polybius; Bernhardy compared Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 3.7 (story of a tribune who led his men on a suicide mission but survived: web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from7 entries
- π2193Πραγματικώτατονmost effective, very effective[Meaning] most/very energetic. "[...] which of course [seemed?] to have become the deliberation most effective." And elsewhere: "this he used to do discreetly and at the same time effectively."
- π2389Προέντεςhaving handed over, having sent forth[Meaning they] having betrayed.
- π2395Προέσθαιto send ahead, to give up[Meaning] to honor in preference. [Used] with an accusative. "For none of those things which provide common benefit is to be given up in preference to me or to any other good man."
- π2408Προείμεθαwe let go[Meaning] we are giving up.
- π2426Προΐενταιcasting forth[Meaning he who is] handing over. Also [sc. attested is] proi+/entai ["they cast forth"], meaning they throw away, they distribute. "Whatever the mass of the soldiery cast forth on their journeys [...]."
- π2428Προΐεσθαιto cast forth[Meaning] to give up. "But the king/emperor neither thought it right to cast forth the gifts from the cities [...]."
- π2549Πρόωνταιthey would desert[In the] subjunctive. [Meaning] they will give up, they will neglect. "But [Decebalus] summoned the countries around him, declaring that if they deserted him, then they too would be running a risk."
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Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Nov 2021
- another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- cosmeticule, cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- augmented n.1 — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth