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Headword: Καθικόμενοι
Adler number: kappa,106
Translated headword: having secured
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Having got a grip on.[1] Polybius [writes]: "for all kings [initially] call "friends" and "allies" those who share their hopes; but once they have secured their ends they immediately behave towards those who have placed their trust in them not as allies but as masters".[2]
Greek Original:
Καθικόμενοι: καθαψάμενοι. Πολύβιος: πάντες μὲν γὰρ οἱ βασιλεῖς καὶ φίλους προσαγορεύουσι καὶ συμμάχους κοινωνήσαντας τῶν αὐτῶν ἐλπίδων: καθικόμενοι δὲ τῶν πράξεων παραπόδας οὐ συμμαχικῶς ἀλλὰ δεσποτικῶς χρῶνται τοῖς πιστεύσασι.
Notes:
[1] cf. kappa 104.
[2] Polybius 15.24.4, abridged; cf. pi 417.
Keywords: definition; historiography
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 December 2001@06:48:12.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 22 August 2003@14:17:59.
David Whitehead (added x-ref) on 24 August 2003@04:26:13.
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