Σύστασις

attachment

Translated by David Whitehead5 Jun 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 29 words
[Meaning] affection, fellow-feeling. [sc. The term comes] from a metaphor of horses being stabled together, eating together.1
Polybius [writes]: "he was well-disposed toward the Carthaginians, having an inherited attachment."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σύστασις· ἀγάπη, ὁμόνοια. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἵππων τῶν ὁμοῦ ἱσταμένων, τῶν συντρόφων. Πολύβιος· ὁ δὲ οἰκείως διέκειτο πρὸς τοὺς Καρχηδονίους, πατρικὴν ἔχων σύστασιν.

Betacode
*su/stasis: a)ga/ph, o(mo/noia. a)po\ metafora=s tw=n i(/ppwn tw=n o(mou= i(stame/nwn, tw=n suntro/fwn. *polu/bios: o( de\ oi)kei/ws die/keito pro\s tou\s *karxhdoni/ous, patrikh\n e)/xwn su/stasin.

Notes (2)

  1. For the multi-purpose headword noun see also sigma 1684, and generally LSJ s.v.
  2. 1cf. Orion [Author, Myth] 148.8-10, which gives rise to Etymologicum Magnum 736.54-56. ↩
  3. 2Polybius 1.78.1 (on Narauas the Numidian): see web address 1. ↩

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σ1681Σύσκιαshady [places]σ1682Συσπειραθέντεςcoiled up togetherσ1683Σύστασιςattachmentσ1684Σύστασιςattachmentσ1685ΣυστέλλωI contract, I reduce, I shorten
Revision history3 revisions · last 30 May 2022
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
  3. coding, status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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