Παρακρουσάμενος
leading astray
Translated by William Hutton21 Jul 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who is] deceiving, suborning. "Leading astray the children of the most noble households, [...] he took them out of the city."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρακρουσάμενος· ἐξαπατήσας, παραπείσας. παῖδας τῶν εὐγενεστάτων οἴκων παρακρουσάμενος ἐξήγαγεν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως.
Betacode
*parakrousa/menos: e)capath/sas, parapei/sas. pai=das tw=n eu)genesta/twn oi)/kwn parakrousa/menos e)ch/gagen e)k th=s po/lews.
Notes (1)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is the aorist middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of
parakrou/w (cf. pi 373, pi 375, and a related noun at pi 376). - 1Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 13.1.1, here abridged. (This is the episode of the Faliscan schoolmaster who, during the siege of the city by the Romans under M. Furius Camillus [phi 627] in 394 BCE, offers to hand over some of his pupils as hostages.) ↩
Linked from4 entries
- π373Παρακρούεταιis hoodwinking[Used] with an accusative. Meaning [he/she/it] is deceiving. The word is derived from those who, when standing something up or measuring it, strike and shake the measures, so as to make a profit.
- 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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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Jun 2016
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- expanded and modified notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton