Προπετής

inclined, inclining, sloping

Translated by David Whitehead15 Mar 2010Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 19 words
[Meaning one who is] stooped forwards.
"Having become inclined by the weight, he fell".1
But propeth\s also [means] garrulous.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προπετής· εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν νενευκώς. προπετὴς τῷ βάρει γενόμενος πίπτει. Προπετὴς δὲ καὶ ὁ πρόγλωσσος.

Betacode
*propeth/s: ei)s tou)/mprosqen neneukw/s. propeth\s tw=| ba/rei geno/menos pi/ptei. *propeth\s de\ kai\ o( pro/glwssos.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩
  2. 2cf. kappa 964, pi 1366, pi 2560. ↩

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π2559Προπέρυσιtwo years agoπ2560Προπέτειαhaste, rashnessπ2561Προπετήςinclined, inclining, slopingπ2562Προπηλακίζωνbesmirchingπ2563Προπίνειdrinks to [someone], offers a toast
Revision history6 revisions · last 24 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
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  5. more x-refs — David Whitehead
  6. set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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“inclined, inclining, sloping.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 15 March 2010. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/2561>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/2561>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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