Παραιτεῖτο
was beseeching
Translated by William Hutton1 Aug 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παραιτεῖτο· παρεκάλει, ἐλιπάρει. ὁ δὲ ἐλθὼν παρῃτεῖτο τὸν Πέρσην· τυγχάνων δὲ οὐδενὸς ὧν ἐδέετο αὐτὸς ἔλυσεν. Ἡρόδοτος.
Betacode
*paraitei=to: pareka/lei, e)lipa/rei. o( de\ e)lqw\n parh|tei=to to\n *pe/rshn: tugxa/nwn de\ ou)deno\s w(=n e)de/eto au)to\s e)/lusen. *(hro/dotos.
Notes (1)
- The headword is imperfect indicative middle, third person singular, of the verb
paraite/omai . The form as given here, and in the quotation, is an idiosyncratic mixture of Herodotean Ionic dialectparaite/eto , and the standard Attic/Koineparh|tei=to . The original text of Herodotus readsparaite/eto .
For other forms of this verb see pi 504, pi 505, and pi 507 to pi 510. - 1Herodotus 5.33.3 (slightly abridged), in reference to Aristagoras of Miletus freeing his comrade Skylax from an unusual punishment inflicted by the Persian Megabates. See web address 1. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- π505Παραιτηθείςbeseeched[sc. He having been] entreated. "Beseeched through his friends he absolved this man of blame."
- 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.'"
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Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Jun 2021
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton