Προκαθείς
having deployed forward
Translated by Ronald Allen21 Jun 2013Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προκαθείς· προπέμψας. προκαθεὶς δέ τινας τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἐς ἐλπίδας τῶν σπονδῶν ὑπηγάγετο.
Betacode
*prokaqei/s: prope/myas. prokaqei\s de/ tinas tw=n stratiwtw=n e)s e)lpi/das tw=n spondw=n u(phga/geto.
Notes (2)
- The headword, presumbly extracted from the quotation given, is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative (and vocative) singular, of the verb
prokaqi/hmi , I let down beforehand, deploy forward, set down before; see generally LSJ s.v. - 1The gloss is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative (and vocative) singular, of the verb
prope/mpw , I send before, ahead; see generally LSJ s.v. ↩ - 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. A
spondh/ (here in the genitive plural,spondw=n ) is literally a drink-offering or libation poured in a gesture to the gods; see LSJ s.v.spondh/ , OCD(4) s.v. libations, and sigma 958. It has the symbolic sense, however, of a peace-offering, treaty, peace-terms, or even a grant of safe passage; see also alpha 3649, lambda 583, epsilon 190. ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 24 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- adjustments — David Whitehead
- tweaks, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen