Ῥᾳστώνευσις
comfort, laziness
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Apr 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"As he made the building of the temple a higher priority than his own comfort, the council voted him a crown of laurel."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥᾳστώνευσις. ὁ δὲ τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦ νεὼ πρεσβυτέραν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ῥᾳστωνεύσεως ποιησάμενος στέφανον ἐψηφίσατο ἡ βουλὴ δάφνης αὐτῷ.
Betacode
*(ra|stw/neusis. o( de\ th\n kataskeuh\n tou= new\ presbute/ran th=s e(autou= r(a|stwneu/sews poihsa/menos ste/fanon e)yhfi/sato h( boulh\ da/fnhs au)tw=|.
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- π2257Πρεσβύτεροςelder, higher, more venerable, superior[Meaning] more honored, greater. "He having made the building of the temple a higher priority than his own comfort [...]" Meaning greater, more honored. "And he overturned the altars, upon which the army swore an oath…
- ρ54Ῥᾳστώνηcomfort, laziness[Meaning] relaxation, delight, luxuriousness, contentedness, laziness, pleasant living, vanity, idleness. [The verb] r(a|stwneu/ein ["to take it easy"] is also used in [book] 38 of Dio's Roman Histories. "[Them] living…
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- augmented notes; augmented and modified keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth