Συμβαίνοντα
coming together
Translated by Catharine Roth26 May 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συμβαίνοντα· συμφωνοῦτα. τὸ συμβαίνειν λέγομεν, ὡς τοὺς τετραγώνους λίθους ἐν τοῖς τείχεσι καὶ ἐν ταῖς πυραμίσι συμβαίνειν οἱ τεχνῖται λέγουσι, συναρμόζειν ἀλλήλοις τῇ ποιᾷ θέσει.
Betacode
*sumbai/nonta: sumfwnou=ta. to\ sumbai/nein le/gomen, w(s tou\s tetragw/nous li/qous e)n toi=s tei/xesi kai\ e)n tai=s purami/si sumbai/nein oi( texni=tai le/gousi, sunarmo/zein a)llh/lois th=| poia=| qe/sei.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is present active participle of
sumbai/nw , masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative plural. (The quotation appended uses the corresponding infinitive.) See also sigma 1361, sigma 1363, sigma 1364, sigma 1365, sigma 1470, sigma 1471, sigma 1472, xi 101. ↩ - 2A close approximation of Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.8.2. ↩
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."
- σ1361Συμβαίνειagrees[Meaning he/she/it] is like, is similar, concurs. "We must examine whether the facts agree with the words."
- 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."
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Revision history2 revisions · last 2 May 2022
- another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth