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Headword: *(upe/teinen
Adler number: upsilon,402
Translated headword: was holding out, was extending
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning he] was promising, was preparing. "Accordingly, while they were hoping for the army of the east [sc. to arrive] from the emperor, and [sc. had] the other hopes that this man was holding out, they showed enthusiasm."[1]
Greek Original:
*(upe/teinen: e)phgge/lleto, kateskeu/azen. e(/ws me\n ou)=n h)/lpizon th\n strathgi/an th=s e(/w para\ basile/ws, kai\ ta\s a)/llas e)lpi/das, a(\s u(pe/teinen ou(=tos, spoudh\n e)dei/knusan.
Notes:
The headword verb is presumably extracted from the quotation given. On the basis of the glossing verbs, it can be identified as imperfect rather than aorist of u(potei/nw.
[1] Quotation (from late imperial historiography) unidentifiable. Whether 'this man' is the emperor already mentioned or someone else is unclear.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 April 2011@05:11:10.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 27 April 2011@00:12:20.
David Whitehead (expanded n.1) on 27 April 2011@03:33:21.
David Whitehead on 10 August 2011@09:38:26.
David Whitehead on 24 November 2013@08:19:39.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 30 November 2022@22:29:05.

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