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Headword: *)afi/stasqai au)toi=s th=s a)rxh=s
Adler number: alpha,4623
Translated headword: to give up the rule to them, to resign from rule in their favor
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Used] with a genitive.[1] A construction. [Meaning] to give way, to be deprived.
"It was for those of the Macedonians who wished to resign."[2]
Greek Original:
*)afi/stasqai au)toi=s th=s a)rxh=s: genikh=|. su/ntacis. a)poxwri/zesqai, a)llotriou=sqai. boulome/nois h)=n tw=n *makedo/nwn a)fi/stasqai.
Notes:
[1] Same comment in some syntactical lexica.
[2] Attributed to Polybius by Bernhardy. The ps.-Zonaras version of it has ou)=n, not h)=n.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 June 2001@22:48:38.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keywords) on 28 August 2002@09:28:18.
Catharine Roth (tweaks) on 23 January 2011@22:35:18.
David Whitehead (another note; tweaks) on 30 January 2011@04:28:51.
David Whitehead on 7 May 2012@07:13:05.
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