Προσίεται
accepts
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Oct 2004Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] is pleased, receives favorably.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "the rest of the business pleased me, but one thing does not accept me" (meaning does not persuade me), "that you alone swallow the broth."2
Aristophanes [writes]: "the rest of the business pleased me, but one thing does not accept me" (meaning does not persuade me), "that you alone swallow the broth."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προσίεται· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀρέσκεται, προσδέχεται. Ἀριστοφάνης· τὰ μὲν ἄλλα μ' ἤρεσε τῶν πραγμάτων, ἓν δ' οὐ προσίεταί με [ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐ πείθει με], ὅτι ὡς μόνος τὸν ζωμὸν ἐκροφήσεις.
Betacode
*prosi/etai: ai)tiatikh=|. a)re/sketai, prosde/xetai. *)aristofa/nhs: ta\ me\n a)/lla m' h)/rese tw=n pragma/twn, e(\n d' ou) prosi/etai/ me [a)nti\ tou= ou) pei/qei me], o(/ti w(s mo/nos to\n zwmo\n e)krofh/seis.
Notes (2)
- cf. pi 2695.
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi1334 Theodoridis. Although the headword appears in the quotation given below, the other lexica do not have it, and Theodoridis regards it as quoted from Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.45 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Knights 359-360 (loosely quoted: see web address 2), with scholion. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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