Πρὸς θυμοῦ αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο

it happened to their liking

Translated by David Whitehead17 Mar 2010Vetting: high6 revisions

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Meaning [it was] pleasing and pleasant.
And elsewhere: "but the war was not happening to their liking."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρὸς θυμοῦ αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀρεστὸν καὶ θυμῆρες. καὶ αὖθις· τοῖς δὲ οὐ πρὸς θυμοῦ ὁ πόλεμος ἐγίγνετο.

Betacode

*pro\s qumou= au)toi=s e)ge/neto: a)nti\ tou= a)resto\n kai\ qumh=res. kai\ au)=qis: toi=s de\ ou) pro\s qumou= o( po/lemos e)gi/gneto.

Notes (1)

For the idiom, see already pi 2708. The present headword phrase must be quoted from somewhere (other than the quotation given, which is very similar but not, as transmitted, exactly the same).
1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩

Linked from1 entry

π2708Πρὸς θυμοῦto the liking[Meaning] more/rather cared-for. "[...] to be ancestral to the Romans since ancient times, and of course especially to the liking of Antonius." Meaning it was liked.

Neighbouring entries

π2707ΠροσθίγωI would touch π2708Πρὸς θυμοῦto the liking π2709Πρὸς θυμοῦ αὐτοῖς ἐγένετοit happened to their liking π2710ΠροσκαθεδοῦμαιI will besiege, I will lay siege to π2711Προσκαθῆσθαιto abide

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