Σχεδόν
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Translated by Patrick Manuello13 Aug 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] near, hard by, or at hand.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σχεδόν· πλησίον, πέλας, ἢ ἐκ χειρός.
Betacode
*sxedo/n: plhsi/on, pe/las, h)\ e)k xeiro/s.
Notes
- The headword is an adverb, which also functions as a preposition with the dative or, more usually, genitive case. It derives from the verb
e)/xw (aoriste)/sxon ). LSJ s.v. gives lavish documentation of its primary senses and applications (to place and time), together with its post-Homeric manifestation(s) as a multi-purpose term meaning about approximately, more or less, roughly speaking. See web address 1.
The glossing here is also in Photius (sigma898 Theodoridis) and other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.15.
References
J.B. Hoffmann, Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen, München, 1950, 417
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from6 entries
- σ1771Σχεδίαraft[Meaning] a ship constructed out of whatever [materials] are to hand, or impromptu; also [sc. can mean] a bridge, and a pontoon.
- σ1773Σχεδιάζεινto improvise[Meaning] to bring near, to draw near to, to show forth [something of one's own] at random. "From beginning to end [objectives] had been improvised and entirely missed.".
- σ1774Σχεδιασθείςhaving been improvised[Meaning] having been spoken offhand.
- σ1775Σχέδιονnearby, random[Meaning] from what is at hand. And Aristophanes [writes]: "but these seem like random [inventions]." That is, they have been spoken on the spur of the moment.
- σ1776Σχέδιοιclose, casual, temporary, off-hand, random[Meaning ones which are] cheap/easily-acquired.
- σ1777Σχεδίως ἐκτράφηθι[don't?] be randomly led astray[no gloss]
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Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- deleted links — Catharine Roth
- streamlined notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Patrick Manuello