Προτείνειν

to offer

Translated by David Whitehead29 Oct 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

1 note · 41 words
[Meaning] to make a present, to do a favour.
"[...] to offer him 500 talents once he had withdrawn from Cyprus, and to point out the other advantages and honours that would accrue to him once he had performed this service".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προτείνειν· δωρεῖσθαι, χαρίζεσθαι. προτείνειν αὐτῷ φʹ τάλαντα παραχωρήσαντι τῆς Κύπρου, καὶ τἄλλα συνακολουθήσοντα λυσιτελῆ καὶ τίμια παρ' αὐτῷ συνεπιδεικνύειν, προσενεγκαμένῳ τὴν χρείαν ταύτην.

Betacode
*protei/nein: dwrei=sqai, xari/zesqai. protei/nein au)tw=| f# ta/lanta paraxwrh/santi th=s *ku/prou, kai\ ta)/lla sunakolouqh/sonta lusitelh= kai\ ti/mia par' au)tw=| sunepideiknu/ein, prosenegkame/nw| th\n xrei/an tau/thn.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword infinitive is presumably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1Polybius 33.5.1, on King Demetrius I and Archias the Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus (web address 1). On Archias, see alpha 4103. ↩

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Revision history7 revisions · last 6 Dec 2021
  1. cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords — David Whitehead
  5. fixed link — Catharine Roth
  6. another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  8. Translated — David Whitehead

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