Παρατετολμηκότες

having become foolhardy

Translated by David Whitehead4 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 19 words
[Meaning they] having neglected themselves. Polybius [writes]: "[they] having become foolhardy and having thoroughly given up hope of salvation".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παρατετολμηκότες· ἑαυτῶν ἀφειδήσαντες. Πολύβιος· παρατετολμηκότες καὶ τελέως ἀπελπίσαντες τὴν σωτηρίαν.

Betacode
*paratetolmhko/tes: e(autw=n a)feidh/santes. *polu/bios: paratetolmhko/tes kai\ tele/ws a)pelpi/santes th\n swthri/an.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword -- perfect participle, masculine nominative plural, of the very rare verb paratolma/w -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1Polybius fr. 66 B-W. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π460Παραπενθεῖςparapentheisπ461ΠαρατέταμαιI have been stretched outπ462Παρατετολμηκότεςhaving become foolhardyπ463Παρατεῖναιto stretch, to flatten, to floorπ464Παρὰ τὴν αὑτῶν φύσινcontrary to their own nature
Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Sep 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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