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Headword:
Ἐπρέσβευεν
Adler number: epsilon,2859
Translated headword: used to put first in rank
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [He] used to honor.[1]
Socrates used to put moral philosophy first in rank.[2]
Greek Original:Ἐπρέσβευεν: ἐτίμα. ὁ δὲ Σωκράτης ἠθικὴν φιλοσοφίαν ἐπρέσβευεν.
Notes:
[1] Third person singular, imperfect, of the verb
πρεσβεύω (in sense I.2 at LSJ s.v.); again -- in another context -- at the end of
epsilon 3872.
[2] See
Diogenes Laertius 1.14 and 2.16 (S. 'introduced' moral philosophy). For the actual phrase given here, see under
sigma 829 (but with aorist rather than imperfect).
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 10 June 2003@10:09:14.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (internal rearrangement; augmented note; added keyword) on 10 June 2003@10:26:31.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 1 December 2005@08:26:34.
Catharine Roth (raised status) on 20 December 2007@12:14:07.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 21 December 2007@03:19:30.
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