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Headword:
Ἐθελοκάκως
Adler number: epsilon,304
Translated headword: wilfully doing wrong
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Intentionally choosing evil.[1]
Appian [writes]: "the army was unwilling to obey the general because of a grudge. They intentionally fought badly and fled, bandaging their bodies as if they had been wounded. They destroyed their tents and tried to retreat, accusing the general of inexperience."[2]
And elsewhere: "intentionally doing harm to him for many reasons ..."[3]
Greek Original:Ἐθελοκάκως: ἑκουσίως τὸ κακὸν ἐκλεγομένων. Ἀππιανός: τῷ δὲ στρατηγῷ στρατὸς ἦν δυσπειθὴς ὑπὸ μνησικακίας, ἐθελοκάκως τε ἠγωνίζοντο καὶ ἔφευγον ἐπιδησάμενοι τὰ σώματα ὡς τετρωμένοι καὶ τὰς σκηνὰς διέλυον καὶ ἀναχωρεῖν ἐπεχείρουν ἀπειρίαν ἐπικαλοῦντες τῷ στρατηγῷ. καὶ αὖθις: ἐθελοκακοῦντες αὐτῷ διὰ πλείους αἰτίας.
Notes:
[1] Adverbial form of
ἐθελόκακος , glossed with a genitive plural participle. Similarly glossed in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (probably the passage which follows here); cf. generally
epsilon 302,
epsilon 303.
[2] Appian,
Italica 7.
[3] Once attributed to
Menander Protector (fr.68 FHG, 4.269) and connected with
alphaiota 322; Blockley, however, does not accept the present passage as an authentic fragment of
Menander.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 December 2005@22:24:03.
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