Προσεπιμετρῶν

giving over and above

Translated by William Hutton19 Aug 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 31 words
[Meaning one who is] giving more than what is allotted. "[...] always giving over and above to what was asked, with a view to his favor towards them becoming universally acknowledged."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προσεπιμετρῶν· πλείω τοῦ μεμετρημένου διδούς. προσεπιμετρῶν ἀεὶ τῷ δεομένῳ, πρὸς τὸ παρὰ πάντων ὁμολογουμένως γίνεσθαι τὴν ἐπὶ τούτοις χάριν.

Betacode
*prosepimetrw=n: plei/w tou= memetrhme/nou didou/s. prosepimetrw=n a)ei\ tw=| deome/nw|, pro\s to\ para\ pa/ntwn o(mologoume/nws gi/nesqai th\n e)pi\ tou/tois xa/rin.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword participle is presumably extracted from the quotation.
  2. 1Ascribed to Polybius (fr. 210 Büttner-Wobst). ↩

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π2638Προσένεγκε Προσενέγκαιofferπ2639Προσέπαισεmade fun of, made jest ofπ2640Προσεπιμετρῶνgiving over and aboveπ2641Προσεπιτραγῳδήσουσιthey will sing tragic lamentsπ2642Προσεποιήθηpretended
Revision history3 revisions · last 24 Nov 2021
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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