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Headword:
Athurein
Adler number: alpha,768
Translated headword: to sport
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The [verb that means] to play.
Plato in
Laws [writes]: "again our maid and mistress,[1] charmed by the pastime of the dance, did not take the view that one should sport with empty hands."[2]
[sc. Note also]
a)qu/rw, the present tense.
Greek Original:Athurein: to paizein. Platôn Nomois: hê d' au par' hêmin Korê kai Despoina euphrantheisa têi tês choreias paidiai, kenais chersin ouk ôiêthê dein athurai. Athurô, ho enestôs.
Notes:
The main part of this entry is also in
Photius (
Lexicon alpha493) and elsewhere.
cf. generally
alpha 767 and
alpha 769.
[1] i.e. Athena.
[2]
Plato,
Laws 7.796B (web address 1 below).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; law; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 November 2000@00:15:38.
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