Παραβάλλεσθαι

to betray, to deceive, to throw beside, to expose oneself to peril

Translated by Ronald Allen14 Sep 2008Vetting: high7 revisions

3 notes · 50 words
[Meaning] to cast oneself toward danger. "[All that] remained was to expose themselves to peril and to act boldly."1 And elsewhere: "but he was fully and totally bent on exposing himself to danger and risking a battle."2 Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "unscrupulously approaching several times,"3 [meaning] hastening boldly.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παραβάλλεσθαι· πρὸς κίνδυνον ῥίπτειν ἑαυτόν. λοιπὸν ἦν παραβάλλεσθαι καὶ τολμᾶν. καὶ αὖθις· ὁ δὲ πρὸς τῷ παραβάλλεσθαι καὶ διακινδυνεύειν ὅλος καὶ πᾶς ἦν. καὶ Παραβαλλόμενος πλεονάκις, θαρραλέως ὁρμῶν.

Betacode
*paraba/llesqai: pro\s ki/ndunon r(i/ptein e(auto/n. loipo\n h)=n paraba/llesqai kai\ tolma=n. kai\ au)=qis: o( de\ pro\s tw=| paraba/llesqai kai\ diakinduneu/ein o(/los kai\ pa=s h)=n. kai\ *paraballo/menos pleona/kis, qarrale/ws o(rmw=n.

Notes (3)

  1. The headword is the present middle/passive infinitive of the verb paraba/llw, "I throw beside"; see generally LSJ s.v. For the aorist infinitive see already pi 270, pi 271, pi 272.
  2. 1Polybius fr. 189 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (539) that Schweighäuser attributed this fragment to Polybius. This probably describes a moment in battle, and there is a superficial resemblance to Polybius 18.53.3 (web address 1), but the fragment remains unplaced. ↩
  3. 2Quoted approximately from Polybius 3.94.10 (web address 2); cf. omicron 199. This passage pertains to events during the Second Punic War (218-201). It highlights the refusal of magister equitum Marcus Minucius Rufus (consul 221, d. 216; OCD(4) s.v. Minucius Rufus (1)) to pursue the war of attrition against Hannibal (OCD(4) s.v. and alpha 2452) recommended by dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Cunctator ["the Delayer"], (consul 233, d. 203; OCD(4) s.v.). On the divergent strategies of Marcus and Fabius cf. alpha 971, chi 240, delta 1000, epsilon 567, epsilon 695, epsilon 1794, eta 228, and kappa 2602. ↩
  4. 3Polybius 4.57.4 (web address 3); see already under pi 272. ↩

References


T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)

External resources

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Neighbouring entries

π271Παραβαλέσθαιto have brought alongsideπ272Παραβαλέσθαιto betray, to deceive, to risk, to have thrown besideπ273Παραβάλλεσθαιto betray, to deceive, to throw beside, to expose oneself to perilπ274Παραβαλεῖνto have betrayed, to have given upπ275Παραβάλλεινto throw beside, to turn aside, to betray
Revision history7 revisions · last 7 May 2021
  1. tweaked links — Catharine Roth
  2. expanded n.1, cosmetics n.1 and bibliography — Ronald Allen
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. tweaks — David Whitehead
  6. tweaked translation; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. tweaked translation, other cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  8. Translated — Ronald Allen

Cite this entry

“to betray, to deceive, to throw beside, to expose oneself to peril.” Suda On Line. Tr. Ronald Allen. 14 September 2008. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/273>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/273>.

Translation by Ronald Allen for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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