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Headword: Δωροδοκήσαντα
Adler number: delta,1469
Translated headword: having engaged in bribery
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
[The word means] not only to give bribes and use them persuasively, but also to take them.[1] 'Having engaged in bribery from Mytilene to the tune of more than six mnai.'
Greek Original:
Δωροδοκήσαντα: οὐ μόνον δῶρα διδόναι καὶ ἀναπείθειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ λαμβάνειν. δωροδοκήσαντ' ἐκ Μιτυλήνης πλεῖν ἢ μνᾶς ἕξ.
Notes:
Aristophanes, Knights 834-5 (concerning Kleon [kappa 1731]; Web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. The figure is not 'six' mnai but forty!
[1] Cf. delta 1470, delta 1471.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; definition; history
Translated by: David Whitehead on 11 May 2003@07:56:00.
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Catharine Roth on 1 June 2003@01:50:02.
Elizabeth Vandiver (Added link; cosmetics) on 19 September 2003@16:38:10.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 21 September 2003@05:32:20.
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