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Kathikomenoi
Adler number: kappa,106
Translated headword: having secured
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning they] having got a grip on.[1]
Polybius [writes]: "for all kings [initially] call "friends" and "allies" those who share their hopes; but having secured their ends they immediately behave towards those who have placed their trust in them not as allies but as masters".[2]
Greek Original:Kathikomenoi: kathapsamenoi. Polubios: pantes men gar hoi basileis kai philous prosagoreuousi kai summachous koinônêsantas tôn autôn elpidôn: kathikomenoi de tôn praxeôn parapodas ou summachikôs alla despotikôs chrôntai tois pisteusasi.
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 December 2001@06:48:12.
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