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Headword:
Γεγαννυμένος
Adler number: gamma,89
Translated headword: Exulting in
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Glorying in.
"How was a man exulting from childhood in royal pomp and great flattery and choosing a very barbarous way of life thus disposed?"[1]
Greek Original:Γεγαννυμένος: ἐπαγαλλόμενος. πῶς δὲ ἀνὴρ βασιλείῳ τύφῳ ἐκ παίδων καὶ κολακείᾳ πολλῇ γεγαννυμένος δίαιτάν τε λαχὼν βαρβαρωτάτην οὕτω διατεθῆναι.
Note:
[1] From
Agathias 2.28 (on Chosroes), abridged; see in full at
chi 418 (where, inter alia, "very barbarous" is "very burdensome",
βαρυτάτην ).
Keywords: biography; definition; historiography; history
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 20 June 2002@20:51:05.
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