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Headword: *)allotriopragei=n
Adler number: alpha,1346
Translated headword: to meddle in others' business
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] to give hostile counsel.
"They noted that he did nothing to meddle in others' business, nor to stir up change."[1]
Greek Original:
*)allotriopragei=n: e)xqrw=s bouleu/esqai. e)shmeiou=nto mhde\n au)to\n a)llotriopragei=n, mhde\ kainotomei=n.
Note:
[1] Quotation unidentifiable, though Adler notes that the C19 Suda editor G. Bernhardy saw 'Polybian colour' in it. He will have had in mind Polybius 5.41.8, the only instance of this infinitive outside lexicography.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 1 June 2000@06:28:49.
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David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 22 February 2001@07:45:38.
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