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Headword:
*)apedoki/mazen
Adler number: alpha,2978
Translated headword: used to reject
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning he/she/it] used to dishonourably insult, belittle.[1]
"And on the whole he used to reject men moderate in custom who also took a care for their own lives, but he used to honour and promote spendthrifts and those who lived for drink and dice."[2]
Greek Original:*)apedoki/mazen: a)ti/mws u(/brizen, e)cefau/lize. kai\ kaqo/lou tou\s me\n kosmi/ous toi=s h)/qesi kai\ tw=n i)di/wn bi/wn e)pimeloume/nous a)pedoki/maze, tou\s de\ polutelei=s kai\ zw=ntas e)n me/qais kai\ ku/bois e)ti/ma kai\ proh=gen.
Notes:
The headword is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given.
[1] cf.
alpha 3299.
[2]
Polybius 8.9.7, quoting
Theopompus (FGrH 115 F225) on Philip II of Macedon.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 21 December 2000@00:01:03.
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