Παρακρούεται
is hoodwinking
Translated by David Whitehead13 Dec 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. Meaning [he/she/it] is deceiving. The word is derived from those who, when standing something up or measuring it, strike1 and shake the measures, so as to make a profit.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρακρούεται· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐξαπατᾷ. μετῆκται δὲ τοὔνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ τοὺς ἱστάντας τι ἢ μετροῦντας, κρούειν τὰ μέτρα καὶ διασείειν, ἕνεκα τοῦ πλεονεκτεῖν,
Betacode
*parakrou/etai: ai)tiatikh=|. a)nti\ tou= e)capata=|. meth=ktai de\ tou)/noma a)po\ tou= tou\s i(sta/ntas ti h)\ metrou=ntas, krou/ein ta\ me/tra kai\ diasei/ein, e(/neka tou= pleonektei=n,
Notes (1)
- After the initial grammatical gloss, the entry is abridged from Harpokration s.v., who notes that the word is common in Attic oratory, especially Demosthenes 'in the Philippics'. The precise form
parakrou/etai is unattested in the Philippics (even on the broad definition of that term), but in the private speeeches see Demosthenes 29.1 and 44.49; perhaps (as Theodoridis on Photius, Lexicon pi253 suggests) Harpok. had in mind 6.23,e)capathko/ta ... kai\ parakekroume/non .
cf. generally pi 374, pi 375, pi 376. - 1
krou/ein . ↩
Linked from4 entries
- π374Παρακρουσάμενοςleading astray[Meaning one who is] deceiving, suborning. "Leading astray the children of the most noble households, [...] he took them out of the city."
- π375Παρακρούσασθαιto lead astray[Meaning] to overturn. And he [Petros], "in whatever was in dispute, was capable of leading astray."
- π376Παράκρουσινdiscord, false note[Meaning] deceit, mockery. "For since the Samnites seemed to be untrustworthy, and in misfortunes always conspiring for deception of whoever was currently dominating them, they not only did not find anything on which…
- π530Παρεκρούσατοstruck aside, misled[Meaning he/she/it] led astray.
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