Συμβαλόντα
contractor, lender
Translated by David Whitehead22 May 2014Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
That is, the man who had made the loan. "He made an approach to the empress [sc. Theodora], to make an accusation against the lender and to beg him to act in support of justice."1
Arrian [writes]: "for the arrangement was for [Nearchos] to send a signal, and for [Archias], after confirming it, to carry out the order."2
Arrian [writes]: "for the arrangement was for [Nearchos] to send a signal, and for [Archias], after confirming it, to carry out the order."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συμβαλόντα· τουτέστι τὸν δανεισάμενον. ὁ δὲ ἦλθε παρὰ τὴν βασίλισσαν, τὸν συμβαλόντα αἰτιασάμενος, καὶ δεηθῆναι αὐτῷ βοηθῆσαι τὰ δίκαια. Ἀρριανός· συνέκειτο γὰρ τὸν μὲν σημῆναι, τὸν δὲ συμβαλόντα ποιέειν τὸ τεταγμένον.
Betacode
*sumbalo/nta: toute/sti to\n daneisa/menon. o( de\ h)=lqe para\ th\n basi/lissan, to\n sumbalo/nta ai)tiasa/menos, kai\ dehqh=nai au)tw=| bohqh=sai ta\ di/kaia. *)arriano/s: sune/keito ga\r to\n me\n shmh=nai, to\n de\ sumbalo/nta poie/ein to\ tetagme/non.
Notes (2)
- This entry illustrates two different (but connected) senses of the aorist participle
sumbalo/nta , fromsumba/llw . For this verb cf. also sigma 1354, sigma 1355. - 1Procopius, Secret History 15.25 (on Theodora's humiliation of a senior patrician), but here approximated -- and garbled: the aorist participle
ai)tiasa/menos should be the future participleai)tiaso/menos (as in Suda mss GM, Adler reports), and the ungrammatical aorist infinitivedehqh=nai should be the future participledehqhso/menos . Procopius' text is translated here; cf. web address 1 and Kaldellis (70). On Theodora see alpha 956 note. ↩ - 2Arrian, Indica 28.3, on a campaign of the year 325 BCE. For Nearchos see generally nu 117. ↩
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- σ1354Συμβαλεῖνto reckon, to infer; to come together; to agree[Meaning] to determine, to grasp [sc. with the mind], to interpret.
- σ1355Συμβάλλεινto give, to lend; to reckon[Meaning] to give a share/distribute, to lend. "Then he said that [the women] give/lend to one another outer-garments, gold, silver, drinking-cups, only being amongst themselves, with no other witnesses." "But no one…
- σ1469Συνεβάλλοντοthey were giving contributions[Meaning] they were providing. "Consequently the Hellespontine cities were also giving him contributions for the maintenance of the troops".
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Jul 2024
- added bibliography, cross-reference, and link n.1 — Ronald Allen
- more x-refs — David Whitehead
- tweaks and expansions; raised status — David Whitehead
- tweak, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead