Πρωτόπειρος

novice

Translated by Kyle Helms28 Oct 2013Vetting: high2 revisions

1 note · 38 words
"But he, despite being an absolute youth and a novice with regard to the actions required in war and having recently become [desirous] of further promotion, was fond of victory and ambitious and a lover of being first."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρωτόπειρος· ὁ δὲ νέος ὢν κομιδῇ καὶ πρωτόπειρος τῶν κατὰ πόλεμον ἔργων καὶ νεωστὶ γενόμενος τῆς ἐπὶ πλεῖον προαγωγῆς φιλόνεικος καὶ φιλότιμος καὶ φιλόπρωτος ἦν.

Betacode
*prwto/peiros: o( de\ ne/os w)\n komidh=| kai\ prwto/peiros tw=n kata\ po/lemon e)/rgwn kai\ newsti\ geno/menos th=s e)pi\ plei=on proagwgh=s filo/neikos kai\ filo/timos kai\ filo/prwtos h)=n.

Notes (1)

  1. The unglossed headword is extracted from the quotation given.
    cf. generally pi 2973.
  2. 1This quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) was attributed by Valckenaer to Aelian; cf. in any event Polybius fr. 215, relating to 29.18. ↩

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π2970Πρωτόνεωof one going by ship for the first timeπ2971Πρωτοπαγῆput together for the first timeπ2972Πρωτόπειροςnoviceπ2973Πρωτοπείρωνοςneophyte (?)π2974Πρωτοπορίαvanguard
Revision history2 revisions · last 13 Feb 2015
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaked tr; supplied notes; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Kyle Helms

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