Τριγονία
trigeneration
Translated by Catharine Roth9 Feb 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the third generation.
"Having inherited it like anything else from his father, [the child] passed the [empress's] hatred on to the trigeneration."1
"Having inherited it like anything else from his father, [the child] passed the [empress's] hatred on to the trigeneration."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τριγονία· ἡ τρίτη γενεά. διαδεξάμενος ὥσπερ ἄλλο τι τοῦ πατρὸς ἐς τριγονίαν παρέπεμπε τὸ ἔχθος.
Betacode
*trigoni/a: h( tri/th genea/. diadeca/menos w(/sper a)/llo ti tou= patro\s e)s trigoni/an pare/pempe to\ e)/xqos.
Notes (1)
- The headword, a feminine noun in the nominative singular, occurs in the accusative singular in the quotation given (but see further, next note).
- 1An approximation of Procopius, Secret History 15.4 (on Theodora's capacity to bear any grudge down the generations), which actually has the form
trige/neian (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (68). ↩
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Jul 2024
- added bibliography and link n.1 — Ronald Allen
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Catharine Roth