Σύνταξις

composition

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Apr 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 16 words

[Meaning] a treatise, a history.¹
Polybius [writes]: "these matters we have explained in the preceding compositions."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σύνταξις· ἡ συγγραφή, ἡ ἱστορία. Πολύβιος· ταῦτα ἐν ταῖς πρὸ τοῦ συντάξεσι δεδηλώκαμεν.

Betacode

*su/ntacis: h( suggrafh/, h( i(stori/a. *polu/bios: tau=ta e)n tai=s pro\ tou= sunta/cesi dedhlw/kamen.

Notes (2)

1For other senses of this word, see sigma 1623 and sigma 1625. ↩
2Polybius fr.78 Büttner-Wobst. ↩

Linked from1 entry

σ1625Σύνταξιςsystem, contributionMeaning agreed financial arrangement. Demosthenes in the Philippics [writes]: "and there should be one and the same system for drawing [pay] and for doing what is necessary [to earn it]". They used to call each of the…

Neighbouring entries

σ1622Συντάξαςhaving given instructions σ1623Σύνταξιςcomposition, contribution, pay, subsidy σ1624Σύνταξιςcomposition σ1625Σύνταξιςsystem, contribution σ1626ΣυντάσσομαιI am brigaded with, I am classified with, I am placed under the command of

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23 Apr 2018cosmeticule — Ronald Allen
5 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
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17 Apr 2008Translated — Catharine Roth