Συνέπαινοι

fellow-enthusiasts

Translated by David Whitehead17 Oct 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 31 words
[They] being in agreement. Herodotus [writes]: "for the Persians were fellow-enthusiasts."1 That is, of the same mind. And elsewhere: "but it is necessary for the king himself to be a fellow-enthusiast".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Συνέπαινοι· συγκατατιθέμενοι. Ἡρόδοτος· συνέπαινοι γὰρ ἦσαν οἱ Πέρσαι. τουτέστιν ὁμόφρονες. καὶ αὖθις· δεῖ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν βασιλέα συνέπαινον γίνεσθαι.

Betacode
*sune/painoi: sugkatatiqe/menoi. *(hro/dotos: sune/painoi ga\r h)=san oi( *pe/rsai. toute/stin o(mo/frones. kai\ au)=qis: dei= de\ kai\ au)to\n basile/a sune/painon gi/nesqai.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Herodotus 5.20.3 (web address 1). ↩
  2. 2Herodotus 5.31.4 (web address 2): governor Artaphrenes tells Aristagoras that King Darius needs to approve his plans for the Ionian Revolt; cf. upsilon 306. ↩

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σ1492ΣυνεορτάζωI celebrate a festival withσ1493Συνεωσμένουςforced togetherσ1494Συνέπαινοιfellow-enthusiastsσ1495Συνέπεσε γενέσθαιit fell out, happened to beσ1496ΣυνεπιλαμβάνομαιI take part in, I partake in
Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Aug 2011
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. added links, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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