Παράγεσθαι
to be swayed
Translated by Robert Leigh6 Sep 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to be persuaded. Thucydides [writes]: "he told them not to be swayed by words alone [but] to send some of their number [...] to bring them news [...]."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παράγεσθαι· μεταπείθεσθαι. Θουκυδίδης· κελεύει αὐτοὺς μὴ λόγοις μόνον παράγεσθαι ἢ πέμψαι σφῶν αὐτῶν ἄνδρας, οἵτινες ἀπαγγελοῦσι.
Betacode
*para/gesqai: metapei/qesqai. *qoukudi/dhs: keleu/ei au)tou\s mh\ lo/gois mo/non para/gesqai h)\ pe/myai sfw=n au)tw=n a)/ndras, oi(/tines a)paggelou=si.
Notes (1)
- The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
- 1An approximation of Thucydides 1.91.2 (web address 1): Themistocles (theta 124, theta 125), in Sparta in 479 BCE, is seeking to allay the Spartans' fears that the walls of Athens are being rebuilt. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; tweaks — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics, added keywords, raised status — William Hutton
- Translated — Robert Leigh