Προὔργου
serviceable
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Feb 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προὔργου· πρὸ ἔργου, συμφέρον, πλέον. Ἰσοκράτης φησίν· ἵνα προὔργου τι γένηται. ἀντὶ τοῦ πλέον. προὔργου νενόμικα, καὶ τούτων κἀκείνων τὴν ἀμετρίαν φυγών, ὅσα προσῆκε ταῖς παλαιαῖς ἱστορίαις, ταῦτα προσαρμόσαι.
Betacode
*prou)/rgou: pro\ e)/rgou, sumfe/ron, ple/on. *)isokra/ths fhsi/n: i(/na prou)/rgou ti ge/nhtai. a)nti\ tou= ple/on. prou)/rgou neno/mika, kai\ tou/twn ka)kei/nwn th\n a)metri/an fugw/n, o(/sa prosh=ke tai=s palaiai=s i(stori/ais, tau=ta prosarmo/sai.
Notes (2)
- cf. pi 2909, pi 2910, pi 2911.
- 1Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius pi1415 Theodoridis; cf. scholia on Plato, Theaetetus 197A, [Plato], Alcibiades 2 149E, and Hesychius pi4042. The quotation is from Isocrates 4.19. ↩
- 2Adler tentatively attributed this quotation to Damascius, Life of Isidore; now Zintzen fr. 398. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- π2253Πρεσβυγένειαseniority of birth[Meaning an] older generation. Also [sc. attested as] a comparative.
- π2391Πρὸ ἔργου ἐτίθετοregarded as important[Meaning he/she/it] regarded as of rather high value. "And at the same time he regarded it as important to leave [conditions] in the rear friendly both to himself and to the army." And elsewhere: "he kept saying that it…
- π2910Προὐργιαίτερονmore serviceable, rather serviceable[sc. Something] occurring before any other work.
- π2911Προὐργιαίτερονmore serviceable, rather serviceableMore/rather necessary. That [which is] preferable for the task [pro\ tou= e)/rgou] [is] more/rather necessary; for prou=rgon is as if to say pro/ergon. Polybius [writes]: "that he considered nothing in life more…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Jun 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth