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Headword:
Arkein
Adler number: alpha,3951
Translated headword: to assist, to be of assistance
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to help.[1]
"For in no way did this man become easy to despise, but [was] able to be of assistance and to direct matters."[2]
Greek Original:Arkein: boêthein. gegone gar houtos oudamôs eukataphronêtos, all' hikanos arkein kai prostatein pragmatôn.
Notes:
[1] Similarly in other lexica. From the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 21.131, where the headword, a present infinitive, occurs. For the verb
a)rke/w, see also
eta 530.
[2] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 29 July 2001@20:26:48.
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