Προσανέχων
devoting himself to, concentrating on
Translated by David Whitehead15 Aug 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who is] attending to, glued to.1
Polybius [writes]: "but he seemed to endure everything, devoting himself to the provinces of the Egyptians".2
And elsewhere: "Demetrius was concentrating on the arrival of the messenger who was to be sent to him".3
Also [sc. attested is]prosane/xonti ["attaching"], [meaning] e)ce/xonti ["clinging"].4
Polybius [writes]: "but he seemed to endure everything, devoting himself to the provinces of the Egyptians".2
And elsewhere: "Demetrius was concentrating on the arrival of the messenger who was to be sent to him".3
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προσανέχων· προσέχων, προσκεκολλημένος. Πολύβιος· ὁ δὲ πᾶν ὑπομένειν ἐδόκει, προσανέχων ταῖς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἐπαρχίαις. καὶ αὖθις· ὁ δὲ Δημήτριος προσανέχων τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ διαποσταλησομένου πρὸς αὐτόν. καὶ Προσανέχοντι, ἐξέχοντι.
Betacode
*prosane/xwn: prose/xwn, proskekollhme/nos. *polu/bios: o( de\ pa=n u(pome/nein e)do/kei, prosane/xwn tai=s tw=n *ai)gupti/wn e)parxi/ais. kai\ au)=qis: o( de\ *dhmh/trios prosane/xwn th=| parousi/a| tou= diapostalhsome/nou pro\s au)to/n. kai\ *prosane/xonti, e)ce/xonti.
Notes (4)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius pi1297 Theodoridis, where the editor claims that the headword -- present active participle, masculine nominative singular, of
prosane/xw -- is likely to be quoted from John Chrysostom's Commentary on Paul's First Epistle to Timothy 13.4 (PG 62.572). One might venture to suggest alternatives in Polybius (4.19.12, 5.17.7, 5.103.5, 8.38b.2 -- besides the two passages quoted here), an author drawn on heavily by this particular Suda contributor; cf. pi 2593, pi 2594, pi 2595, etc. ↩ - 2Polybius fr.72 B-W. ↩
- 3Polybius 31.15.13 (preserved only here). ↩
- 4Masculine/neuter dative singular of the same participle, evidently quoted from somewhere. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks in n.1 and elsewhere — David Whitehead
- tweak, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead