Συνουσία
intercourse; party
Translated by John Mulhall19 Jul 2011Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συνουσία· τὸ συνεῖναι μετὰ ἀλλήλων. Πολύβιος· ὡς ἂν ὑποκρινόμενοι τοὺς ἐκ συνουσίας ἐπανάγοντας, ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον ἠλλοιωμένους ὑπὸ τῆς μέθης.
Betacode
*sunousi/a: to\ sunei=nai meta\ a)llh/lwn. *polu/bios: w(s a)\n u(pokrino/menoi tou\s e)k sunousi/as e)pana/gontas, e)/ti de\ ma=llon h)lloiwme/nous u(po\ th=s me/qhs.
Notes (2)
- For the range of meanings and implications which Greek sunousia (just like English 'intercourse') can bear, see LSJ s.v. Note especially section II there, which is relevant here: "in concrete sense, a society, company, party".
cf. generally sigma 1602. - 1Likewise in the Synagoge and in Photius' Lexicon; similarly in various scholia. ↩
- 2An approximation of Polybius 8.27.4-5 (should be full stop after the first clause, and not
h)lloiwme/nous but genitiveh)lloiwme/nwn in the new sentence), on Hannibal's capture of Tarentum (in southern Italy, cf. tau 112 and tau 113) in 213/12. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 22 May 2022
- cosmeticules — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- confirmed test database vetting; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — John Mulhall