Συμβαίνει
agrees
Translated by David Whitehead22 May 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] is like, is similar, concurs. "We must examine whether the facts agree with the words."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συμβαίνει· ἔοικεν, ἐξωμοίωται, συμφωνεῖ. τοῦτο δὲ σκοπεῖν, εἰ συμβαίνει τοῖς λόγοις τὰ πράγματα.
Betacode
*sumbai/nei: e)/oiken, e)cwmoi/wtai, sumfwnei=. tou=to de\ skopei=n, ei) sumbai/nei toi=s lo/gois ta\ pra/gmata.
Notes (1)
- The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
For this verb cf. (e.g.) sigma 1358, sigma 1362, sigma 1363, sigma 1365, sigma 1471, xi 101, xi 102. - 1Quotation -- with a neuter subject of this singular verb -- not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Theodoret, Interpretatio in Psalmos PG 80.1296.33-34. ↩
Linked from8 entries
- ε941Ἔμβαινεgo inAlso [sc. attested is] e)mbai/nein ["to go in"], [meaning] to make a beginning. "The impression to go into [ = of going into] the war justly." "For the Romans took precautions never to lay hands first on their…
- σ1358Συμβάςstanding together, agreeing, acceding[Meaning he] having come to agreement, having been persuaded. "But Trajan, not acceding to the agreements, was in readiness."
- σ1359Σύμβασιςconcord, agreement[Meaning] friendship, success, reconciliation. A maxim: "but an agreement of friends coming about in the same manner [is] more secure than those which have been accepted under duress."
- σ1362Συμβαίνονταcoming together[Meaning] agreeing. "We say that [things] 'come together' [for us], as the craftsmen say that the squared stones come together in the walls and in the pyramids, that they fit with each other in a certain position."
- σ1363Συμβαίνουσιthey come together[Meaning] they cooperate, they agree. "Oracular responses and the Pythian [sc. shrine] come together." "[...] for some other things being were done not agreeing with the dignity of the office/empire." Meaning not…
- σ1470Συνέβαινενagreed with, was on good terms withThey did not please [him], as being bad in their answers. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "For Aeschylus was not on good terms with the Athenians." Meaning he was not in line with them.
- σ1471Συνέβηwas settled[Meaning] was agreed. "But he gives to the stone-working craftsman gold for his handiwork, as much as was settled."
- σ1472Συνέβησανthey agreed, they concurred[Meaning] they fell in line, they said the same thing. "So they agreed that they would leave the unaffected(?) with the necessaries [= provisions] to investigate a territory of others."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 2 May 2022
- more cross-references — Catharine Roth
- x-refs; note number — David Whitehead
- coding, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead