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Apoginôskô
Adler number: alpha,3268
Translated headword: I despair of
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] with a genitive and [ = or] an accusative, [sc. when meaning] I give up. As, "Phaidon, having despaired of the deeds of the Carthaginians."[1] And, "he having completely despaired of Philemon".[2] And, "they having despaired of salvation".[3]
Greek Original:Apoginôskô: genikêi kai aitiatikêi, to paradidômi. hôs, apognous ta tôn Karchêdoniôn pragmata ho Phaidôn. kai, teleon apognous ton Philêmona. kai, apognontes tês sôtêrias.
Notes:
[1]
Cassius Dio 21.71.2 (where we see that "Phaidon" should be Phameas; cf.
phi 62).
[2] Quotation unidentifiable.
[3] There are several possibilities for the source of this quotation, the likeliest of which is the full version of the proverb given in the Suda at
tau 16:
Zenobius 6.16, quoting
Dicaearchus, includes this phrase.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 20 March 2002@13:04:41.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified notes; added keyword; cosmetics) on 21 March 2002@05:58:24.
David Whitehead (augmented notes, with a source identification; more keywords; tweaks) on 2 March 2011@05:29:31.
David Whitehead (my typo) on 2 August 2011@07:03:38.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 2 April 2012@03:31:19.
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