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Headword: ᾨδηκός
Adler number: omega,20
Translated headword: swollen
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Inflamed, puffed up.[1]
"[He] restrains the character swollen with wealth, demonstrating the good fortune on either side. [He] raises up the [character] which has been overthrown by poverty and makes it able to resist being humbled by the tale which buzzes in the ears of all; by this even Xerxes was persuaded, that Xerxes who led the great army against the Greeks."[2]
Greek Original:
ᾨδηκός: φλεγμαῖνον, πεφυσιωμένον. ᾠδηκός τε γὰρ ἦθος ὑπὸ πλούτου καταστέλλει, τὸ εὔδαιμον ἑτέρωθι δείξας: καὶ τὸ καταπεπτωκὸς ὑπὸ πενίας ἐγείρει καὶ ἀταπείνωτον εἶναι παρασκευάζει τῷ καταμελιττοῦντι τὰς ἁπάντων ἀκοὰς διηγήματι: ὑφ' οὗ κἂν Ξέρξης ἐπείσθη, Ξέρξης ἐκεῖνος ὁ τὴν μεγάλην στρατιὰν ἐλάσας ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας.
Notes:
[1] Perfect active participle of οἰδάω or οἰδέω , neuter nominative/accusative singular; cf. omicroniota 30, omicroniota 37, omega 16, omega 21. For the meaning cf. Hesychius, Lexicon omega88.
[2] Damascius, Life of Isidore, fr.308 Zintzen (35 Asmus).
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; ethics; history; military affairs; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 September 2005@23:23:55.
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Antonella Ippolito (cosmetics, set status, added reference) on 3 September 2005@16:25:29.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 4 September 2005@05:05:36.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 4 December 2005@09:23:10.
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