Παρ' ὅσον
to the extent to which
Translated by William Hutton19 Aug 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning to a great extent. "Seeing the marks of beauty being defiled he was mourning and bewailing the change, to the extent to which it happened."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρ' ὅσον· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ πολύ. τὰ σημεῖα τοῦ κάλλους ἰδὼν λυμαινόμενα ὠλοφύρετο καὶ κατεστέναζε τὴν μεταβολήν, παρ' ὅσον γένοιτο.
Betacode
*par' o(/son: a)nti\ tou= e)pi\ polu/. ta\ shmei=a tou= ka/llous i)dw\n lumaino/mena w)lofu/reto kai\ kateste/naze th\n metabolh/n, par' o(/son ge/noito.
Notes (1)
- The headword phrase is presumably extracted from the quotation given (though it is common enough elsewhere, both as a two-word phrase like this and as
paro/son ; the Suda has 51 instances of the latter). - 1A paraphrase (as Gaisford first realised) of Josephus, Jewish War 6.7. The "he" who is "seeing" is a notional observer of the sorry state of Jerusalem. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton