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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.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 24 June 2002@06:03:24.


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