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Headword:
*)aklhrh/masi
Adler number: alpha,895
Translated headword: (to) accidents
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning to] circumstances, misfortunes.[1]
"Because this seems to me particularly prone to accidents - because of everyone wanting to aim for and have a share in different things".[2]
Greek Original:*)aklhrh/masi: sumforai=s, dustuxi/ais. dia\ tou=to dokei= moi ma/lista peripesei=n toi=s a)klhrh/masi, dia\ to\ pa/ntwn bou/lesqai stoxa/zesqai kai\ meri/zesqai ei)s dia/fora.
Notes:
Same entry in ps.-
Zonaras. The headword, dative plural of the neuter noun
a)klh/rhma, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] The glosses are the dative plurals of the feminine nouns
sumfora/ and
dustuxi/a, respectively.
[2] Attributed to
Polybius by Ursinus [Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600] and Casaubon, but the idiom is actually far more characteristic of
Diodorus Siculus; for instance see under
epsilon 2759.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 27 February 2000@00:14:39.
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