Προτιμᾶν
to value
Translated by David Whitehead29 Oct 2001Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
The [verb that means] to be concerned about. Both Demosthenes in the Philippics and Aristophanes [sc. use it in such a way].1
"I do not value you; for I wear this ring which I bought from Eudamos for a drachma".2
"I do not value you; for I wear this ring which I bought from Eudamos for a drachma".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προτιμᾶν· τὸ φροντίζειν. καὶ Δημοσθένης ἐν Φιλιππικοῖς καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης. οὐδὲν προτιμῶ σου· φορῶ γὰρ πριάμενος τὸν δακτύλιον τονδὶ παρ' Εὐδάμου δραχμῆς.
Betacode
*protima=n: to\ fronti/zein. kai\ *dhmosqe/nhs e)n *filippikoi=s kai\ *)aristofa/nhs. ou)de\n protimw= sou: forw= ga\r pria/menos to\n daktu/lion tondi\ par' *eu)da/mou draxmh=s.
Notes (2)
- Expanded (by the provision of the quotation) from Photius, Lexicon pi1399 Theodoridis.
- 1Demosthenes 7.16, web address 1 [NB: Demosthenes 7 = ?Hegesippus, On Halonesos]; Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 883, web address 2. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 883-4; cf. omicron 807. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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