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Headword:
Καθηδυπαθῶ
Adler number: kappa,71
Translated headword: I dissipate in pleasure, squander, waste
Vetting Status: low
Translation: With genitive. "To dissipate one's life".[1] But [sc. also] with accusative: "[him] dissipating, good and proper, the opportunity for power".[2]
Greek Original:Καθηδυπαθῶ: γενικῇ. καθηδυπαθεῖν τοῦ βίου. αἰτιατικῇ δέ: τὸν τῆς ἐξουσίας καιρὸν καθηδυπαθοῦντα ἱκανῶς.
Notes:
[1] As Adler notes, this phrase appears (albeit with the participle
καθηδυπαθῶν , not the infinitive), in Basil of
Caesarea, PG 31.301a4 (= Homilia in divites 8).
[2] Perhaps [WEH] an
echo of
Synesius? See
De regno 6 (
καθηδυπαθεῖ τὴν ἐξουσίαν );
Aegyptii sive de providentia 1.13 (
καθηδυπαθήσειν τὴν ἐξουσίαν ).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 25 May 2003@10:00:03.
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