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Headword:
Aire
daktulon
Adler number: alphaiota,281
Translated headword: raise a finger
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A saying.[1] It is applied to those who give up in the competition. For raising the hand is a sign of having been defeated.[2]
And
Polybios [writes]: "he who attacks obtains a most fortunate victory."[3]
Greek Original:Aire daktulon: paroimia. tithetai epi tôn apagoreuontôn en têi agôniai. epairesthai gar tên cheira sumbolon tou nenikêsthai. kai Polubios: ho de prospesôn airetai nikên eutuchestatên.
Notes:
[1] This word, Adler reports, is added superscript and/or in the margins of several of the mss.
[2] Likewise in other lexica; and see
Apostolius 1.75.
[3]
Polybius fr. 2 Büttner-Wobst, illustrating a different meaning of the verb
ai)/rw,
I raise, take up, obtain.
Keywords: athletics; daily life; definition; historiography; imagery; military affairs; proverbs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 22 February 2003@23:01:31.
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