Παραιτεῖσθαι
to beseech
Translated by William Hutton31 Jul 2011Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παραιτεῖσθαι· παρακαλεῖν, συγγνώμην αἰτεῖν. ὁ δὲ ἀναιρεῖν μέλλων αὐτὸν ἀφῆκε, Παρυσάτιδος παραιτησαμένου αὐτὸν καὶ τὴν σατραπείαν αὐτῷ φυλαξάσης. καὶ αὖθις· ὁ δὲ ῥύεται Δερκεταῖον τοῦ θανάτου παραιτησάμενος τὴν μητέρα.
Betacode
*paraitei=sqai: parakalei=n, suggnw/mhn ai)tei=n. o( de\ a)nairei=n me/llwn au)to\n a)fh=ke, *parusa/tidos paraithsame/nou au)to\n kai\ th\n satrapei/an au)tw=| fulaca/shs. kai\ au)=qis: o( de\ r(u/etai *derketai=on tou= qana/tou paraithsa/menos th\n mhte/ra.
Notes (3)
- The headword is the present middle infinitive of
paraite/omai . In the quotations supplied this form does not appear, but related participles do.
For other forms of this verb see pi 505 to pi 510. - 1= Synagoge, and other references at Photius pi235 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2A grammatically incorrect version of what is also found in xi 48: Parysatis, the mother of Artaxerxes IV and Cyrus the Younger (pi 742), saves Cyrus from execution at his brother's hands. The source is unidentifiable. Here Parysatis also preserves Cyrus' position as satrap (
satrapei/an ); in xi 48 she preserves his command of an army (stratei/an ); cf. Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.3 (web address 1). ↩ - 3There are two figures attested with the name Derketaios: a bodyguard of Marcus Antonius who brought news of Antonius' death to Caesar (Plutarch, Antonius 78), and a subordinate of Semiramis at sigma 220. The second of these is the one relevant here, according to Favuzzi [below], who connects this entry with omega 91 (q.v.). ↩
References
Andrea Favuzzi, 'Ancora sul frammento 82 Jacoby di Nicolao di Damasco', Athenaeum 102 (2014) 528-531
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from11 entries
- π348Παρακαλεῖνto summon[Meaning] to call, or to lay an injunction; for [sc. the meaning] 'to need' [is] without authority.
- π505Παραιτηθείςbeseeched[sc. He having been] entreated. "Beseeched through his friends he absolved this man of blame."
- π506Παραιτεῖτοwas beseeching[Meaning he/she/it] was entreating, was imploring. "When he came he was beseeching the Persian; but obtaining nothing of what he was asking for, he released [him] himself." Herodotus [sc. says this].
- π507Παραιτησάμενοςbegging off"He gave back the gold, with the intention of begging off the anger of the god with it; 'fool, he did not even know what he was about to suffer, for the intent of the ever-living gods is not easily diverted.'"
- π508Παραιτητήςbeseecher[Meaning an] intercessor, or defender.
- π509Παραιτοῖτοmight beseech[Meaning he/she/it] might entreat, might renounce. "Just as if someone enrolled in the gymnastic competitions, arriving when it is time to fight, might beseech the spectators for forgiveness if he were not to compete."
- π510ΠαραιτοῦμαιI beg, I entreat[Meaning] I supplicate. [Used] with an accusative.
- π641Παρῃτήσθωlet it be conceded[Meaning] let it be agreed.
- π642Παρῃτεῖτοwas begging pardon, was begging"[He] was agreeing to pay recompense for the cows and was abjectly begging pardon for the crime." Also in the sense of [he/she/it] was calling upon. "They were begging the forward fighters to hold off a little."
- π742ΠαρύσατιςParysatisA kind of proverb. Also a proper name. The mother of Cyrus.
- ω91Ὠμή τις εἶναι[that] a certain woman is cruel"I am afraid lest you think that a certain woman is cruel, for taking vengeance so terribly." Nicolaus of Damascus says [this].
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Revision history6 revisions · last 6 Jun 2021
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- modified and expanded n.3 — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- typo — William Hutton
- another x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton