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Headword:
*)ep'
au)tofw/rw|
Adler number: epsilon,1997
Translated headword: in the very act (of theft), red-handed
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] caught before one's eyes, in the theft itself.[1]
"[Belisarius], although he had caught the affair in the very act at Carthage, was willingly deceived by his wife [Antonina]."[2]
Greek Original:*)ep' au)tofw/rw|: e)p' o)fqalmoi=s, e)p' au)tw=| tw=| kle/mmati a(lou/s. o( de\ e)p' au)tofw/rw| th\n pra=cin labw\n e)n *karxhdo/ni e)chpa/thto pro\s th=s gunaiko\s e(kw/n ge ei)=nai.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. a scholion on
Plato,
Laws 942A; see also
epsilon 1996.
[2]
Procopius,
Secret History 1.18.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; geography; historiography; history; philosophy; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 October 2005@21:22:55.
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