Προσκεκρουκώς
having collided with
Translated by William Hutton27 Aug 2013Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he] having become an enemy. "Sebastianus, having collided with the eunuch chamberlains of the emperor because of the integrity of his thinking, and being an easy target because of his poverty and easy to displace, was relieved of his generalship."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προσκεκρουκώς· ἐχθρὸς γεγονώς. ὁ δὲ Σεβαστιανὸς προσκεκρουκὼς διὰ γνώμης ὀρθότητα τοῖς κατακοιμισταῖς εὐνούχοις τοῦ βασιλέως, εὔκολος ὢν διὰ πενίαν καὶ κοῦφος ἐς μετανάστασιν διεδέχθη τῆς στρατηγίας.
Betacode
*proskekroukw/s: e)xqro\s gegonw/s. o( de\ *sebastiano\s proskekroukw\s dia\ gnw/mhs o)rqo/thta toi=s katakoimistai=s eu)nou/xois tou= basile/ws, eu)/kolos w)\n dia\ peni/an kai\ kou=fos e)s metana/stasin diede/xqh th=s strathgi/as.
Notes (1)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is a perfect active participle, nominative singular masculine, of the verb
proskrou/w (literally, 'knock against'), pi 2746. - 1Part of a longer quotation attributed to Eunapius: see the note at sigma 177. This Sebastianus was a general under the emperor Valens. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- π2746Προσκρούεινto clash[Used] with a dative. [Meaning] to confront, to devise. "The Sicilians when they saw the fleet [...] did not confine themselves in their strongholds, they decided to clash with the enemy no further.
- σ177ΣεβαστιανόςSebastianus, SebastianThis man lived in the time of [sc. the emperor] Valens, in whose reign there was a search for warlike men, and when this man was found he surpassed every expectation. Deficient in no sort of virtue; for [he was…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 27 Nov 2021
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation. — Aaron Baker
- note typo — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; tweaks — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton