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Headword: Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδε
Adler number: alpha,143
Translated headword: to be too vehement against someone
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
For instance to make accusations and to lambaste.
Greek Original:
Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδε: οἷον αἰτιᾶσθαι καὶ ἀποτείνεσθαι.
Note:
Fuller entry in Photius and elsewhere -- prompted by the use of this idiom (of the Spartans) in Aristophanes, Acharnians 309 (web address 1): οἷς ἄγαν ἐγκείμεθα .
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; ethics
Translated by: William Hutton on 28 March 2000@00:58:52.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 9 February 2001@10:53:52.
Jennifer Benedict (added link) on 26 March 2008@01:06:07.
David Whitehead (augmented note; cosmetics) on 27 March 2008@07:53:31.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 23 December 2011@05:27:28.
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