Προκαθήμενον

presiding over

Translated by David Whitehead25 Feb 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 17 words

[Meaning him] governing. "Menekles the [man] presiding over the places".¹ That is, the [man] guarding the places.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προκαθήμενον· ἐξάρχοντα. Μενεκλέα τὸν προκαθήμενον τῶν τόπων. τουτέστι τὸν φυλάττοντα τοὺς τόπους.

Betacode

*prokaqh/menon: e)ca/rxonta. *menekle/a to\n prokaqh/menon tw=n to/pwn. toute/sti to\n fula/ttonta tou\s to/pous.

Notes (1)

The headword participle, in the accusative case, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
For this verb see already pi 2455.
1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) and individual unidentifiable. ↩

Linked from1 entry

π2455ΠροκάθημαιI defend, I position myself in defence of, I preside over[Used] with a genitive.

Neighbouring entries

π2454Προκαθείςhaving deployed forward π2455ΠροκάθημαιI defend, I position myself in defence of, I preside over π2456Προκαθήμενονpresiding over π2457Προκαλεῖσθαιto invite, to summon π2458ΠροκαλινδοῦμαιI prostrate myself before

Revision history5 revisions · last 24 May 2016

24 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
16 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2011tweaks — David Whitehead
26 Feb 2010x-ref — David Whitehead
25 Feb 2010expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
25 Feb 2010Translated — David Whitehead