Συνθεσία

covenant, treaty

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Sep 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 12 words
[Meaning] agreement, security.1
In the Fables: "with them they pledged a covenant."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Συνθεσία· συνθήκη, ἀσφάλεια. ἐν Μυθικοῖς· μετὰ δὲ σφίσι πιστώσαντο συνθεσίην.

Betacode
*sunqesi/a: sunqh/kh, a)sfa/leia. e)n *muqikoi=s: meta\ de\ sfi/si pistw/santo sunqesi/hn.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword is an epic equivalent (with Attic spelling) of su/nqesis or (cf. sigma 1587, sigma 1588, sigma 1589) sunqh/kh: LSJ entry at web address 1. This gloss comes from a scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.339 or 5.319. ↩
  2. 2This fragment of a fable in dactylic meter (elegiac or hexameter) is included by Crusius in an appendix to his edition of Babrius, p. 220. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

σ1584Σύνθεμαagreement, collection, compound, signσ1585Σύνθεοtake heedσ1586Συνθεσίαcovenant, treatyσ1587Συνθῆκαιagreements, pacts, contractsσ1588Συνθήκηpact, contract
Revision history5 revisions · last 22 May 2022
  1. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. x-refs — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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