Σπείσασθαι

to make libations

Translated by Catharine Roth3 Jan 2005Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

[Meaning] to establish friendship and peace.¹ "[...] to be willing to make libations with the Parthians for the sake of peace [...]."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σπείσασθαι· φιλίαν καὶ εἰρήνην θέσθαι. ἐθέλειν Πάρθοις ὑπὲρ εἰρήνης σπείσασθαι.

Betacode

*spei/sasqai: fili/an kai\ ei)rh/nhn qe/sqai. e)qe/lein *pa/rqois u(pe\r ei)rh/nhs spei/sasqai.

Notes (2)

1Aorist middle infinitives, the headword one presumably extracted from the quotation which follows. Cf. generally sigma 919, sigma 920, sigma 957. ↩
2Arrian, Parthica fr. 103; cf. xi 102. ↩

Linked from1 entry

ξ102Ξυμβαινούσηςaccording with, prevailing[Meaning] agreeing with, pleasing. "It would be sufficient for his entourage to buy the supplies at the prevailing price." And elsewhere: "[...] to be willing to conclude a treaty, if he should learn on what conditions…

Neighbouring entries

σ934Σπείρου[of a] piece of cloth σ935ΣπείρωνοςSpeiron's σ936Σπείσασθαιto make libations σ937Σπήλυγγεςcaverns σ938Σπήλυγξcavern

Revision history2 revisions · last 31 Dec 2013

31 Dec 2013more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
4 Jan 2005augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
3 Jan 2005Translated — Catharine Roth