Πρόχειρος
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Translated by William Hutton10 Oct 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρόχειρος· ἀκρατής. ὁ δὲ πρόχειρος ὢν τὴν γνώμην διὰ τὴν ἐμπειρίαν οὐ μέλλειν ἔφη δεῖν, ἀλλ' ἀπαντᾶν καὶ ναυμαχεῖν τοῖς πολεμίοις. καὶ ὁ ἕτοιμος λέγεται πρόχειρος.
Betacode
*pro/xeiros: a)krath/s. o( de\ pro/xeiros w)\n th\n gnw/mhn dia\ th\n e)mpeiri/an ou) me/llein e)/fh dei=n, a)ll' a)panta=n kai\ naumaxei=n toi=s polemi/ois. kai\ o( e(/toimos le/getai pro/xeiros.
Notes (3)
- The same adjective as in pi 2930 and pi 2932, but in a different sense.
- 1cf. Pollux 8.80. ↩
- 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus) unidentifiable. Adler notes that the Dutch scholar Tiberius Hemsterhuis (1685-1766) attributed it to Polybius (who has several instances of the headword adjective, including pi 2932). She also reports a textual discrepancy in its second clause: four of the mss have 'to deceive [
a)pata=n ] the enemy', but 'to meet' (ms A), a difference of one letter in the Greek, does look better. ↩ - 3cf. Hesychius pi4086 (also pi4085, pi4087); ps.-Herodian, Epimerismi 38.2; Pollux 1.43, 5.107; Galen 16.560.8. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- π2930Πρόχειρονcommonplace[Meaning] that which is wheel-worn, that which is known to all. "He allegorizes in accordance with the commonplace."
- π2932Πρόχειροςat hand, handy[Meaning] what is simple and unguarded. Polybius [writes]: "but the cause is the failure to keep at hand what Epicharmus has well said, 'Be sober and remember to be wary: these [are the] sinews of the mind'."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 12 Jul 2014
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton