Πατρονομούμενοι

being patriarchally governed

Translated by David Whitehead28 Feb 2004Vetting: high7 revisions

9 words

[Meaning] those observing the laws/customs inherited from their fathers.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πατρονομούμενοι· οἱ τοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν πατέρων παραδεδομένους νόμους τηροῦντες.

Betacode

*patronomou/menoi: oi( tou\s a)po\ tw=n pate/rwn paradedome/nous no/mous throu=ntes.

Notes

The headword, a present participle in the masculine nominative plural, comes from Plato, Laws 3.680E (web address 1). Similarly glossed already in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (where however a sharper alternative is also proffered: '...or ruled by their fathers') and Photius.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π795ΠατροκλῆςPatrokles, Patrocles π796ΠάτροκλοςPatroklos, Patroclus π797Πατρονομούμενοιbeing patriarchally governed π798Πατροραίστηςfather-hammerer, father-shatterer π799Πατρούχου παρθένουof a maiden heiress

Revision history7 revisions · last 31 Jan 2015

31 Jan 2015another keyword — David Whitehead
18 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
14 Sep 2011fixed link — Catharine Roth
2 Sep 2011expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
11 Nov 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
10 May 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
10 May 2004added link, set status — Catharine Roth
28 Feb 2004Translated — David Whitehead