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Headword: *to\ sunoi=son
Adler number: tau,806
Translated headword: that which will be expedient, that which would be expedient
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] that which is expedient.[1] "Perceiving [this], he becomes likely to return, undertaking what would be expedient for his desire."[2]
Greek Original:
*to\ sunoi=son: to\ sumfe/ron. o( de\ ai)sqo/menos filupo/strofos gi/netai, to\ sunoi=son th=| proqumi/a| pragmateuo/menos.
Notes:
[1] Future participle of sumfe/rw (presumably from the quotation which follows), glossed with the present participle; cf. sigma 1653.
[2] An approximation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.7.3; on the Roman general Romanus, resisting the urge to pursue Baram's army deeper into Persian territory (summer of 589); cf. de Boor (122) and Whitby (81). On Romanus see epsilon 3145 note. On Baram see beta 103. Find related entries at epsilon 3145 note.
References:
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 18 August 2010@22:14:28.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 19 August 2010@03:37:36.
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Catharine Roth (coding) on 15 August 2011@08:17:54.
David Whitehead on 14 January 2014@08:31:54.
David Whitehead (my typo) on 29 May 2016@04:39:58.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-references, and keywords) on 5 July 2025@12:06:06.

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