Προσεκτικώτατα
most assiduously, very assiduously
Translated by David Whitehead6 May 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"For the Romans decided to perform the sacrifices most carefully and most assiduously, in accordance with the ancestral statutes."1 Meaning expensively, shrewdly.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προσεκτικώτατα· ἐδόκει γὰρ Ῥωμαίων ἐπιμελέστατα καὶ προσεκτικώτατα κατὰ τοὺς πατρίους θεσμοὺς τελεῖν τὰς θυσίας. ἀντὶ τοῦ πολυτελῶς, νουνεχῶς.
Betacode
*prosektikw/tata: e)do/kei ga\r *(rwmai/wn e)pimele/stata kai\ prosektikw/tata kata\ tou\s patri/ous qesmou\s telei=n ta\s qusi/as. a)nti\ tou= polutelw=s, nounexw=s.
Notes (1)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is neuter plural superlative, used adverbially, of the adjective
prosektiko/s . - 1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩
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