Πρόθεσις

purpose

Translated by David Whitehead2 Mar 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 21 words

[Meaning] deliberation, decision.
Polybius [writes]: "but for the Romans it was a purpose to fight a sea-battle".¹
It also means [...].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρόθεσις· βουλή, γνώμη. Πολύβιος· ἦν δὲ τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις πρόθεσις ναυμαχῆσαι. σημαίνει δὲ καί.

Betacode

*pro/qesis: boulh/, gnw/mh. *polu/bios: h)=n de\ toi=s *(rwmai/ois pro/qesis naumaxh=sai. shmai/nei de\ kai/.

Notes (2)

For this headword see also pi 2442.
1Polybius fr. 71; cf. under pi 1290 (Polybius 1.26.1) for the idiom. ↩
2Some manuscripts omit this incomplete sentence; some have only shmai/nei. Ms M adds lei/pei, "[something] is lacking." ↩

Linked from1 entry

π2442Πρόθεσιςpurpose[Meaning] choice/intention. "But he did not cause grief to anyone by intention, nor pretending, nor simply being at all meddlesome about what had happened before."

Neighbouring entries

π2441Προθέματαnotices, public notices π2442Πρόθεσιςpurpose π2443Πρόθεσιςpurpose π2444Προθεσμίαappointed [day]π2445Προθεσμίας νόμοςstatute of limitation

Revision history5 revisions · last 16 Oct 2013

16 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2011Revised — David Whitehead
23 Apr 2010tweaked tr; expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
23 Apr 2010supplemented translation, added note, set status — Catharine Roth
23 Apr 2010supplemented translation — Catharine Roth
2 Mar 2010Translated — David Whitehead