Συμβαίνουσι
they come together
Translated by Catharine Roth26 May 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συμβαίνουσι· συμπράττουσι, συμφωνοῦσι. χρησμοί τε συμβαίνουσι καὶ τὸ Πυθικόν. ἄλλα τε γάρ τινα οὐ συμβαίνοντα τῷ τῆς ἀρχῆς ὄγκῳ διεπράττετο. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἁρμόζοντα.
Betacode
*sumbai/nousi: sumpra/ttousi, sumfwnou=si. xrhsmoi/ te sumbai/nousi kai\ to\ *puqiko/n. a)/lla te ga/r tina ou) sumbai/nonta tw=| th=s a)rxh=s o)/gkw| diepra/tteto. a)nti\ tou= a(rmo/zonta.
Notes (2)
- The headword, extracted from the first quotation given, is third person plural, present indicative active, of
sumbai/nw ; cf. sigma 1361, sigma 1362, sigma 1364, sigma 1365, sigma 1470, sigma 1471, sigma 1472. - 1Aristophanes, Knights 220, with scholion (except for "they agree"). ↩
- 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩
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- 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…
- 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."
- 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."
- 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 history1 revision · last 26 May 2014
- tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth