Προνούστερος

more prudent

Translated by Catharine Roth7 Aug 2013Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 48 words
[Meaning one who is] more provident, more forethinking.1 Sophocles [writes]: 'Athena [says]: "Do you see, Odysseus, the strength of the gods, how great [it is]? Who, do you think, would be found either more prudent than this man or better at doing timely deeds?".'2 That is, than Ajax.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προνούστερος· προμηθέστερος, προνοητικώτερος. Σοφοκλῆς. Ἀθηνᾶ· ὁρᾷς, Ὀδυσσεῦ, τὴν θεῶν ἰσχὺν ὅση; τούτου τίς ἄν σοι τἀνδρὸς ἢ προνούστερος, ἢ δρᾶν ἀμείνων εὑρέθη τὰ καίρια; τουτέστι τοῦ Αἴαντος.

Betacode
*pronou/steros: promhqe/steros, pronohtikw/teros. *sofoklh=s. *)aqhna=: o(ra=|s, *)odusseu=, th\n qew=n i)sxu\n o(/sh; tou/tou ti/s a)/n soi ta)ndro\s h)\ pronou/steros, h)\ dra=n a)mei/nwn eu(re/qh ta\ kai/ria; toute/sti tou= *ai)/antos.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is comparative of pro/noos, masculine nominative singular. ↩
  2. 2Sophocles, Ajax 118-120 (web address 1); cf. pi 2905. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 16 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. x-ref; tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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