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Headword: *(ws e)k tw=n paro/ntwn
Adler number: omega,223
Translated headword: as out of the current situation
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] out of necessity. "When she learned [this], as out of the current situation [Bacchides] had given to each woman a choice of death as painless and gentle as possible, taking off the diadem which she wore on her head as a symbol and a witness of her authority, she then put it around the neck making a noose for the present need."[1]
Greek Original:
*(ws e)k tw=n paro/ntwn: e)c a)na/gkhs. h( de\ w(s e)pu/qeto, w(s e)k tw=n paro/ntwn ai(/resin e(ka/sth| do/ntos qana/tou w(s e)/ni ma/lista a)lu/pou te kai\ kou/fou, to\ dia/dhma, o(/per ou)=n e)pi\ th=s kefalh=s ei)=xe su/mbolon dh\ kai\ martu/rion a)rxh=s, perispa/sasa, ei)=ta me/ntoi tw=| traxh/lw| periba/llei pro\s th\n xrei/an th\n parou=san bro/xon a)pofh/nasa.
Note:
[1] Aelian fr. 12f Domingo-Forasté (part of fr.12 Hercher), cf. alpha 287, delta 951, epsilon 3442, kappa 741, mu 490, mu 1123, tau 111, omega 149, etc. On the Milesian woman Monime, cf. Plutarch, Lucullus 18.
Keywords: biography; clothing; definition; ethics; geography; historiography; history; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 September 2005@14:34:43.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; augmented note and keywords) on 14 September 2005@03:37:00.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 11 April 2011@00:45:22.
David Whitehead on 3 November 2013@07:22:26.
David Whitehead (cosmeticule) on 20 May 2016@09:12:33.

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