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Headword:
*kaqh/|rhnto
ta\s
gnw/mas
Adler number: kappa,87
Translated headword: they had been overcome in their judgments
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning they were falling into cowardice. "Most people had been overcome in their judgments to such an extent that, from fear, they shrank away from their loyalty toward [the] king/emperor."[1]
Greek Original:*kaqh/|rhnto ta\s gnw/mas: a)nti\ tou= ei)s deili/an e)ne/pipton. oi( de\ ple/ones kaqh/|rhnto ta\s gnw/mas e)pi\ tosou=ton, w(/ste th=s pi/stews th=s pro\s basile/a u(po\ tou= perideou=s a)fi/stanto.
Notes:
The headword phrase is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] [
Polybius] fr. 166 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (536) that Casaubon attributed this fragment to
Polybius, but that Schweighäuser was skeptical concerning the attribution and that Dindorf too did not endorse it.
T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
Keywords: definition; ethics; historiography; history
Translated by: Ryan Stone on 4 March 2008@22:34:38.
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