Πᾶς
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Translated by Catharine Roth26 Aug 2003Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[*pa=s ] has a circumflex accent; [this is] because it was thought to be a participle, like sta/s ["taking a stand"], ba/s ["taking a step"]. So in order to avoid the suspicion [sc. of being a participle], it received a circumflex accent.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πᾶς· περισπᾶται· διότι ἐνομίζετο εἶναι μετοχή, ὡς στάς, βάς. ἵνα οὖν φύγῃ τὴν ὑπόνοιαν, περιεσπάσθη.
Betacode
*pa=s: perispa=tai: dio/ti e)nomi/zeto ei)=nai metoxh/, w(s sta/s, ba/s. i(/na ou)=n fu/gh| th\n u(po/noian, periespa/sqh.
Notes
- Despite the suggestion in Adler that there is something comparable with the first sentence here in the grammarian Theodosius, this material seems in fact to be unparalleled. See merely Choeroboscus' citation of
sta/s andba/s as oxytone participles.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 2 Sep 2011
- tweaked and expanded note — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth