Προσειλήφεσαν

they had presumed

Translated by William Hutton23 Aug 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 37 words
[Meaning] they supposed, they imagined. Josephus [writes]: "for they presumed from his appearance that he [would] not deny any of the things that were suspected, but that he had done it all in order to obtain pardon."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προσειλήφεσαν· ὑπέλαβον, ἐνενόησαν. Ἰώσηπος· προσειλήφεσαν γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ σχήματος μηδὲν αὐτὸν ἀρνήσασθαι τῶν ὑπονοηθέντων, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ συγγνώμης πορισμῷ πάντα πεποιηκέναι.

Betacode
*proseilh/fesan: u(pe/labon, e)neno/hsan. *)iw/shpos: proseilh/fesan ga\r e)k tou= sxh/matos mhde\n au)to\n a)rnh/sasqai tw=n u(ponohqe/ntwn, a)ll' e)pi\ suggnw/mhs porismw=| pa/nta pepoihke/nai.

Notes (1)

  1. Parallel entry in the Lexicon Vindobonense (pi36). The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given; but see further, next note.
  2. 1An approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 2.603 (transmitted, in Adler's estimation, via the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus). This version of the passage not only has an aorist infinitive a)rnh/sasqai ('to deny') where Josephus has, properly, a future infinitive (a)rnh/sesqai); it also presents the headword itself as proseilh/fesan rather than proeilh/fesan (the latter implying pre-judgment or pre-supposition). Same error -- and more -- in the Lex.Vind. version. ↩

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π2661Πρὸς ζόφονtowards darknessπ2662Πρόσειyou approachπ2663Προσειλήφεσανthey had presumedπ2664Πρόσειλοςsunwardπ2665Προσείλουyou chose
Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Mar 2015
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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