Παραδιαιτᾶσθαι
to live off [someone]
Translated by William Hutton16 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to obtain sustenance at someone else's expense.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παραδιαιτᾶσθαι· τὸ παρ' ἑτέρῳ τινὶ τρέφεσθαι.
Betacode
*paradiaita=sqai: to\ par' e(te/rw| tini\ tre/fesqai.
Notes
- Same entry in Photius (Lexicon pi219 Theodoridis). The headword is present infinitive of the rare verb
paradiaita/omai , perhaps (though not necessarily) extracted from somewhere -- could be from Heliodorus, Aethiopica 8.3.4.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 15 May 2021
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- note; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton