Παρείσθω
let it be granted
Translated by Ronald Allen18 Sep 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] let it be admitted.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρείσθω· συγχωρείσθω.
Betacode
*parei/sqw: sugxwrei/sqw.
Notes
- The headword, evidently extracted from somewhere, is the perfect imperative middle/passive, third person singular, of the verb
pari/hmi . Compare pi 593 (for gloss as well as headword), and see generally LSJ s.v.
The earliest attested instances of the headword are in Polybius (2.56.9, 2.59.3), but in the sense there of 'let [something] be disregarded'.
Perfect imperatives generally do occur in third person singular, passive voice constructions, and in formal contexts such as civic, legal, or mathematical discourse; the connotation is of something to be done with finality and decisiveness (Goodwin, 105-6).
References
W.W. Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, London: Macmillan, 1912
Linked from4 entries
- π591Παρειμένονhaving been dropped beside[Meaning] having been made flaccid.
- π592Παρειμένοςhaving been dropped beside[Meaning] having been overlooked.
- π593ΠαρείμηνI might grant[Meaning] I might admit. Sophocles [writes]: "I might not grant [something] to those [to whom] I seem not to be sensible." That is, I might not admit/concede [it].
- π714ΠαρῶI should let pass, I would let pass[Meaning] I should/would let go, I should/would yield.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 16 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen