Ὑπέχει
supplies
Translated by David Whitehead28 Apr 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] supports.
"And to supply [sc. means] to answer in Aristotle. [It is] easy to supply the propositions."1
Aristophanes [writes]: "and to supply all things, [except] those that the cup knows."2
"[...] to supply a rationale of his generalship."3
"And to supply [sc. means] to answer in Aristotle. [It is] easy to supply the propositions."1
Aristophanes [writes]: "and to supply all things, [except] those that the cup knows."2
"[...] to supply a rationale of his generalship."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπέχει· ὑφίσταται. καὶ τὸ ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὑπέχειν παρὰ Ἀριστοτέλει. ὑπέχειν ῥᾴδιον τὰς θέσεις. Ἀριστοφάνης· καὶ πάνθ' ὑπέχειν, ὧν σύνοιδεν ἡ κύλιξ. λόγον ὑπέχειν τῆς στρατηγίας.
Betacode
*(upe/xei: u(fi/statai. kai\ to\ a)pokri/nesqai u(pe/xein para\ *)aristote/lei. u(pe/xein r(a/|dion ta\s qe/seis. *)aristofa/nhs: kai\ pa/nq' u(pe/xein, w(=n su/noiden h( ku/lic. lo/gon u(pe/xein th=s strathgi/as.
Notes (3)
- The headword verb -- third person singular, present indicative, of
u(pe/xw (cf. upsilon 406, upsilon 709); same or similar glossing in other lexica -- is evidently quoted from somewhere. - 1A summary of Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 559.11 & 13 Wallies. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Lysistrata 841 (here crucially misquoted!). See web address 1. ↩
- 3Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.57.4 (on Coriolanus). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 24 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr and n.3; more keywords — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference and link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead