Ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων ἀγωνιούμενος
[he was] about to compete on behalf of everything
Translated by David Whitehead26 Apr 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
"And he leads out an army [which is] bearing the risk on behalf of everything."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων ἀγωνιούμενος. καὶ στρατιὰν ἐξάγει ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων φέρουσαν τὸν κίνδυνον.
Betacode
*(upe\r tw=n o(/lwn a)gwniou/menos. kai\ stratia\n e)ca/gei u(pe\r tw=n o(/lwn fe/rousan to\n ki/ndunon.
Notes
- Rather than a headword phrase and its gloss, this entry appears to bring together two separate (and equally unidentifiable) quotations illustrative of the same idiom.
For 'on behalf of everything' cf. upsilon 377.
Neighbouring entries
υ376Ὑπὲρ τούτων δέ εἰμι κρείττων ἐγὼ καὶ ὑπὲρ σέbeyond these I myself am superior and beyond youυ377Ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων ἀναρριπτεῖνto risk everything on a throwυ378Ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων ἀγωνιούμενος[he was] about to compete on behalf of everythingυ379Ὑπεροιαζομένουbeing very conceitedυ380Ὑπεροίσωνlikely to surpass
Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead