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Headword:
*metaculogi/a
Adler number: mu,721
Translated headword: digressing, use of digressions
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] briefly abandoning the subject in hand, to initiate discussion about another one.
"His discourse about the territory had been briefly ended, and again, just as in some sort of use of digressions, the two of them were talking about Ambros [= Amr] the Saracen".[1]
Greek Original:*metaculogi/a: to\ pro\s braxu\ paralipo/nta th\n parou=san u(po/qesin, peri\ e(te/ras kinh=sai to\n lo/gon. pro\s braxu\ o( lo/gos e)pe/pauto au)tw=| peri\ th=s xw/ras, kai\ au)=qis w(/sper e)n metaculogi/a| tini peri\ *)/ambrou tou= *sarakhnou= dielege/sqhn a)/mfw.
Notes:
The headword noun (attested only in post-classical Greek) literally means 'between-speaking'.
[1] An approximation of part of
Menander Protector fr. 6.1 Blockley.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 12 January 2009@04:33:10.
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