Ὑποτείνει
induces
Translated by Ioannis Doukas25 Oct 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"For looking on self-made sufferings, when no-one else had a hand in it, induces great pains." In effect, when no-one else participated and had a share; for the communion of sins brings consolation.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑποτείνει· τὸ γὰρ ἐσλεύσσειν οἰκεῖα πάθη, μηδενὸς ἄλλου παραπράξαντος, μεγάλας ὀδύνας ὑποτείνει. οἷον μηδενὸς ἄλλου συμπράξαντος καὶ μετασχόντος· ἡ γὰρ κοινωνία τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων φέρει τὴν παραμυθίαν.
Betacode
*(upotei/nei: to\ ga\r e)sleu/ssein oi)kei=a pa/qh, mhdeno\s a)/llou parapra/cantos, mega/las o)du/nas u(potei/nei. oi(=on mhdeno\s a)/llou sumpra/cantos kai\ metasxo/ntos: h( ga\r koinwni/a tw=n a(marthma/twn fe/rei th\n paramuqi/an.
Notes
- Sophocles, Ajax 260-262 (web address 1), from which the unglossed headword comes, with comment from the scholia there; cf. tau 725.
For the verb cf. upsilon 612.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- τ725Τὸ γὰρ ἐσλεύσσεινfor to look upon"[For to look upon] one's own suffering, when no one else has had a part in it, extends great pains." As if [to say], no one has joined in causing and has had a share in the faults; for companionship in faults brings…
- υ612Ὑποτείνωνoffering[Meaning one who is] promising. "Not flattering, nor offering wages, nor deceiving."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented and recast note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas