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Headword: Diagein
Adler number: delta,519
Translated headword: to spin out, to protract
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"He neither spun out his words, nor was he given to subtle argument, and no one heard him being sarcastic." Philostratus the Lemnian is speaking about Apollonius.[1]
Greek Original:
Diagein. oude diêge tous logous oude leptologiai edidou oude eirôneuomenou tis êkouse. peri Apollôniou phêsi Philostratos ho Lêmnios.
Notes:
The unglossed headword is the present infinitive of the verb whose imperfect, third person singular, features in the quotation.
[1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.17; cf. kappa 912, lambda 297.
Keywords: biography; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; imagery; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: Nicholas Wilshere on 15 October 2004@18:24:08.
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