Παρελθεῖν
to come forward
Translated by Ronald Allen19 Jan 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In Thucydides the [verb] indicates [something done] at once. But e)pelqei=n [sc. is different], [meaning] to accomplish this by putting it off for a time.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρελθεῖν· τὸ αὐτίκα δηλοῖ παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ. τὸ δὲ ἐπελθεῖν, τὸ ἀναβαλλόμενον χρόνῳ δὲ τοῦτο διαπράξασθαι.
Betacode
*parelqei=n: to\ au)ti/ka dhloi= para\ *qoukudi/dh|. to\ de\ e)pelqei=n, to\ a)naballo/menon xro/nw| de\ tou=to diapra/casqai.
Notes (1)
- The headword is the aorist active infinitive corresponding to the verb
pare/rxomai , I go by, beside; see LSJ s.v. (and pi 536). It is extracted from the scholia to Thucydides 1.90.5, explaining the difference between parelthein and epelthein; see n.1. - 1Thucydides 1.90.5 (web address 1) tells how in 479 BCE Themistocles (theta 125) arrived in Sparta as Athenian emissary and, instead of promptly appearing before the authorities, played for time in which the circuit wall of Athens could be rebuilt. The passage does not actually use
parelqei=n ; it does however use the participlee)lqw/n , and 1.91.4 hase)pelqw/n . ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Jun 2021
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword and tr; modified notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen