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*)amboli/a
Adler number: alpha,1533
Translated headword: procrastination
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] postponement.
In the Epigrams: "always with the customary procrastination increasing".[1]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)mboliergo\s a)/nhr ["procrastinating man"],[2] [meaning] he who puts off his work.
Greek Original:*)amboli/a: h( u(pe/rqesis. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: h)qa/dos a)mboli/hs ai)e\n a)ecome/nhs. kai\ *)amboliergo\s a)nh/r, o( to\ e)/rgon a)naballo/menos.
Notes:
[1] Greek Anthology 5.233.2 (Macedonius the Consul), the poet's love interest continually defers any encounter. Procrastination was a standard technique in a courtesan's repertoire; cf. Madden (134);
[2] Hesiod, Works and Days 413.
Reference:
J.A. Madden, Macedonius Consul: The Epigrams, (Hildesheim 1995)
Keywords: daily life; definition; ethics; poetry
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 August 2000@13:29:36.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 28 February 2001@09:55:25.
David Whitehead (restorative cosmetics) on 17 July 2002@03:28:32.
David Whitehead (another keyword; betacode and other cosmetics) on 13 February 2012@06:40:16.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 10 March 2012@23:49:17.
David Whitehead on 16 June 2015@03:42:53.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, corrected Anthology reference) on 23 July 2023@21:25:46.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography) on 13 August 2023@11:52:55.
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