Ῥεμβώδους

desultory

Translated by David Whitehead4 Nov 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

2 notes · 29 words
[Meaning] neglected. "Once the siege had become desultory, Skopas fell into disrepute and was violently slandered".1
And elsewhere: "having found them dawdling by the precinct, unarmed, he killed them".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥεμβώδους· ἠμελημένης. τῆς δὲ πολιορκίας ῥεμβώδους γενομένης, ὁ μὲν Σκόπας ἠδόξει καὶ διεβέβλητο νεανικῶς. καὶ αὖθις· εὑρὼν δὲ αὐτοὺς διαρεμβομένους κατὰ τὸ τέμενος ἀόπλους, τούτους ἀπέκτεινε.

Betacode
*(rembw/dous: h)melhme/nhs. th=s de\ poliorki/as r(embw/dous genome/nhs, o( me\n *sko/pas h)do/cei kai\ diebe/blhto neanikw=s. kai\ au)=qis: eu(rw\n de\ au)tou\s diarembome/nous kata\ to\ te/menos a)o/plous, tou/tous a)pe/kteine.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword, genitive singular of this adjective, is presumably extracted from the first quotation given.
  2. 1Polybius 16.39.2 (web address 1); cf. under sigma 654. ↩
  3. 2This second quotation illustrates a compound verb cognate with the headword adjective. It is attributed by Adler to Aelian (though LSJ s.v. diarre/mbomai opt for "anon."). ↩

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Revision history7 revisions · last 5 Jan 2022
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. augmented n.2 — David Whitehead
  6. added link — Catharine Roth
  7. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  8. Translated — David Whitehead

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