Σύμβασις

concord, agreement

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Feb 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 28 words

Translation

[Meaning] friendship, success, reconciliation.1
A maxim: "but an agreement of friends coming about in the same manner [is] more secure than those which have been accepted under duress."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σύμβασις· φιλία, συντυχία, καταλλαγή. γνώμη· σύμβασις δὲ φίλων κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν γινομένη τρόπον τῶν ὑπ' ἀνάγκης συγχωρηθέντων βεβαιοτέρα.

Betacode
*su/mbasis: fili/a, suntuxi/a, katallagh/. gnw/mh: su/mbasis de\ fi/lwn kata\ to\n au)to\n ginome/nh tro/pon tw=n u(p' a)na/gkhs sugxwrhqe/ntwn bebaiote/ra. 

Notes (2)

  1. cf. generally sigma 1358, sigma 1361, sigma 1362, sigma 1363, sigma 1365.
  2. 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius sigma696 Theodoridis. ↩
  3. 2Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.48.4 (which reads e(kou/sion "voluntary" instead of the Suda's au)to\n "same"). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXIX. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
  3. typo — David Whitehead
  4. x-refs — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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