Ξυγγράψαι
to compose
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝17 Feb 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
and to write. To write [gra/yai ] refers to a single matter, to compose [suggra/yai ] to several. Alternatively, suggra/yai is to arrange with care and seriously, gra/yai to find the truth simply and not effortfully.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξυγγράψαι καὶ Γράψαι· τὸ μὲν γράψαι ἐφ' ἑνὸς πράγματος, τὸ δὲ ξυγγράψαι ἐπὶ πολλῶν. ἢ ξυγγράψαι, τὸ μετ' ἐπιμελείας καὶ σπουδαίως συντάξαι, γράψαι δὲ τὸ ἁπλῶς καὶ μὴ ἐπιμελῶς τὴν ἀλήθειαν εὑρεῖν.
Betacode
*cuggra/yai kai\ *gra/yai: to\ me\n gra/yai e)f' e(no\s pra/gmatos, to\ de\ cuggra/yai e)pi\ pollw=n. h)\ cuggra/yai, to\ met' e)pimelei/as kai\ spoudai/ws sunta/cai, gra/yai de\ to\ a(plw=s kai\ mh\ e)pimelw=s th\n a)lh/qeian eu(rei=n.
Notes
- From the scholia to Thucydides 1.1.1, where the historian begins his work by saying that he 'composed' (
cune/graye ) it (web address 1).
In Greek, the distinctions drawn by the scholiast are those between two variants, simple and compound, of the same verb.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Jul 2013
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- betacode typo — Catharine Roth
- internal rearrangement; betacoding and other cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- added link — Catharine Roth
- supplied headword; added notes and keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝