Συσσημαίνεσθαι
to join in signing
Translated by David Whitehead4 Jun 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
This, what they [i.e. ordinary people] call 'to seal up/secure', the orators speak of as 'to join in signing'. Lycurgus in the [speech] Concerning the Priestess [writes]: "[...] so as to [sc. make it] enjoined by decree and for the priestess to join in signing the documents".1
Also [sc. attested is]su/sshmon , [meaning] a sign.2
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συσσημαίνεσθαι· ὃ καλοῦσι κατασφραγίσασθαι, τοῦτο οἱ ῥήτορες συσσημαίνεσθαι λέγουσι. Λυκοῦργος ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἱερείας· ὥστε προστεταγμένον ἐπὶ ψηφίσματος καὶ τὴν ἱέρειαν συσσημαίνεσθαι τὰ γραμματεῖα. καὶ Σύσσημον, τὸ σημεῖον.
Betacode
*susshmai/nesqai: o(\ kalou=si katasfragi/sasqai, tou=to oi( r(h/tores susshmai/nesqai le/gousi. *lukou=rgos e)n tw=| *peri\ i(erei/as: w(/ste prostetagme/non e)pi\ yhfi/smatos kai\ th\n i(e/reian susshmai/nesqai ta\ grammatei=a. kai\ *su/sshmon, to\ shmei=on.
Notes (2)
- The primary headword, which occurs in the quotation given, is present middle infinitive of the compound verb
susshmai/nw . - 1cf. Lexicon Vindobonense sigma8; Lycurgus fr. 31 Conomis (51 Baiter-Sauppe). ↩
- 2Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (956), and in reference to the occurrence of this neuter noun in Mark 14.44 (on Judas's betrayal of Christ). ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and expansions — David Whitehead
- coding, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead