Σύνταξις
system, contribution
Translated by David Whitehead19 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Meaning 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]".1 They used to call each of the tribute-payments2 "contributions", because the Greeks were unhappy with the name "tribute" [phoros] -- Kallistratos having given it this [new] name.3 And Hyperides says: "currently paying a contribution to nobody, we who had once seen fit to exact them".4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σύνταξις· ἀντὶ τοῦ συντεταγμένη οἴκησις. Δημοσθένης Φιλιππικοῖς· καὶ μίαν σύνταξιν εἶναι τὴν αὐτὴν τοῦ τε λαμβάνειν καὶ τοῦ ποιεῖν τὰ δέοντα. ἔλεγε δὲ ἑκάστους φόρους συντάξεις, ἐπειδὴ χαλεπῶς ἔφερον οἱ Ἕλληνες τὸ τῶν φόρων ὄνομα, Καλλιστράτου οὕτως καλέσαντος. καὶ Ὑπερίδης δέ φησι· σύνταξιν ἐν τῷ παρόντι οὐδενὶ διδόντες, ἡμεῖς δέ ποτε ἠξιώσαμεν λαβεῖν.
Betacode
*su/ntacis: a)nti\ tou= suntetagme/nh oi)/khsis. *dhmosqe/nhs *filippikoi=s: kai\ mi/an su/ntacin ei)=nai th\n au)th\n tou= te lamba/nein kai\ tou= poiei=n ta\ de/onta. e)/lege de\ e(ka/stous fo/rous sunta/ceis, e)peidh\ xalepw=s e)/feron oi( *(/ellhnes to\ tw=n fo/rwn o)/noma, *kallistra/tou ou(/tws kale/santos. kai\ *(uperi/dhs de/ fhsi: su/ntacin e)n tw=| paro/nti ou)deni\ dido/ntes, h(mei=s de/ pote h)ciw/samen labei=n.
Notes (4)
- Lightly abridged from Harpokration s.v.
For the headword cf. sigma 1623, sigma 1624. - 1Demosthenes 1.20 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Here
e(ka/stous fo/rous ;kai\ tou\s fo/rous in Harpok. ↩ - 3Harpok. cites Theopompus FGrH F115 F98 for this name-change, under the Second (= C4) Athenian Empire. ↩
- 4Hyperides fr. 71 Jensen. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- θ60Θάσος ἀγαθῶνThasos of goodies[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those promising that something will turn out fortunate and celebrated.
- σ1623Σύνταξιςcomposition, contribution, pay, subsidy[Meaning a] union of two things. Also the [sc. process of] receiving and doing what is needed. "He was not ashamed to deprive those on active military service of all their pay." And Malchus [writes]: "often deprived of…
- σ1624Σύνταξιςcomposition[Meaning] a treatise, a history. Polybius [writes]: "these matters we have explained in the preceding compositions."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Jul 2011
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- added cross-references — Catharine Roth
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead