Προσεπιτραγῳδήσουσι

they will sing tragic laments

Translated by William Hutton19 Aug 2013Vetting: high2 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] they will talk gloom and doom. "[He] fearing that they might wow those in Tyana by multiplying their advantage and singing tragic laments."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προσεπιτραγῳδήσουσι· δεινολογήσουσι. δεδιὼς μὴ πολλαπλασιάσαντες τὸ προτέρημα καὶ προσεπιτραγῳδήσαντες καταπλήξωνται τοὺς ἐν τοῖς Τυάνοις.

Betacode
*prosepitragw|dh/sousi: deinologh/sousi. dediw\s mh\ pollaplasia/santes to\ prote/rhma kai\ prosepitragw|dh/santes kataplh/cwntai tou\s e)n toi=s *tua/nois. 

Notes (1)

  1. The headword must be quoted from somewhere (other than the quotation given).
  2. 1Quotation unidentifiable. Neither the headword itself (future active indicative, third person plural) nor the related word in the quotation (aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine) nor any other form of the implied verb prosepitragw|dw= are otherwise attested. For Tyana see tau 1143 ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 17 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — William Hutton

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