Συνίεισαν

they understood

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Mar 2012Vetting: high4 revisions

4 notes · 65 words
[Meaning] they knew.1
For suni/hmi [is] suniw= ["I understand"], [meaning] I apprehend.2
"Since [Croesus] understood what was said contrary to the truth and saw only what was dear and gratifying to himself, he undertook to destroy the empire of the Persians."3
And elsewhere [the verb is used] meaning look, see. "Understand then, what kind of wages will follow for you from what has been done."4

Greek original · Adler’s text

Συνίεισαν· ἐγίνωσκον. Συνίημι γὰρ τὸ συνιῶ, νοῶ. ἐπεὶ δ' ἔμπαλιν τῆς ἀληθείας συνίει τὰ λεγόμενα καὶ τὸ ἑαυτῷ φίλον τε καὶ κεχαρισμένον ἑώρα μόνον, ἐπέθετο καταλῦσαι τὴν Περσῶν βασιλείαν. καὶ αὖθις ἐπὶ τοῦ σκόπει, βλέπε. συνίει δή, ὁποῖά σοι τῶν πραχθέντων ἕψεται τὰ ἐπίχειρα.

Betacode
*suni/eisan: e)gi/nwskon. *suni/hmi ga\r to\ suniw=, now=. e)pei\ d' e)/mpalin th=s a)lhqei/as suni/ei ta\ lego/mena kai\ to\ e(autw=| fi/lon te kai\ kexarisme/non e(w/ra mo/non, e)pe/qeto katalu=sai th\n *persw=n basilei/an. kai\ au)=qis e)pi\ tou= sko/pei, ble/pe. suni/ei dh/, o(poi=a/ soi tw=n praxqe/ntwn e(/yetai ta\ e)pi/xeira.

Notes (4)

  1. 1The headword must be quoted from somewhere (but is attested only here). The expected third person plural imperfect of suni/hmi is suni/esan. ↩
  2. 2*suniw= is a thematic variant of suni/hmi, which however does not occur in classical Greek in the first person singular (Smyth §746b). ↩
  3. 3Aelian fr. 70h Domingo-Forasté (part of 67 Hercher). ↩
  4. 4Quotation unidentifiable. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 21 May 2022
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded morphological notes — Catharine Roth
  4. more notes; tweaking — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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