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Headword: Ἔσχατα κακά
Adler number: epsilon,3249
Translated headword: utmost evils
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
The big ones. "[...] to suffer the utmost evils from their kinfolk or to commit themselves to untrustworthy men."[1]
And again: "he does not stop leading the city into the utmost of danger by siege."[2]
And again: "[...] beseeching pitifully and with supplication not to ignore the fact that he was suffering the utmost [sc. evils]."[3] Meaning ultimate [ones], large [ones].
Greek Original:
Ἔσχατα κακά: τὰ μεγάλα. παθεῖν τὰ ἔσχατα κακὰ ἐκ τῶν ὁμοφύλων ἢ ἀνδράσιν ἀπίστοις σφᾶς ἐπιτρέψαι. καὶ αὖθις: ὁ δὲ οὐ παύεται πολιορκίᾳ τὴν πόλιν ἐς τὸ ἔσχατον ὑπάγων κινδύνου. καὶ αὖθις: λιπαροῦντος οἰκτρῶς καὶ ξὺν ἱκεσίᾳ, μὴ τὰ ἔσχατα αὐτὸν περιϊδεῖν παθόντα. ἀντὶ τοῦ τέλεια, μεγάλα.
Notes:
cf. generally epsilon 3248.
[1] Quotation unidentified.
[2] Quotation (and individual) unidentified.
[3] Aelian fr.61 Hercher (64b Domingo-Forasté); cf. lambda 583, lambda 584.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; historiography; history; law; military affairs
Translated by: William Hutton on 29 January 2008@07:29:22.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (x-refs; more keywords; cosmetics) on 29 January 2008@10:15:35.
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