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*)aposxedia/zein
Adler number: alpha,3575
Translated headword: to speak off the cuff, to speak impromptu
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to speak at random and immediately.
Also [sc. attested is] a)posxedia/sas ["he having spoken off the cuff"], [meaning he] having cut short, or having lied.[1]
Also [sc. attested is] a)posxedia/zousin ["they speak off the cuff"], meaning they speak offhand. "And they took a most cruel, impromptu vote against the prisoners of war and killed all the [adult] males and females; the children, though, they spared because of their tender age."[2]
Greek Original:*)aposxedia/zein: ei)kh=| kai\ paraxrh=ma le/gein. kai\ *)aposxedia/sas, suntomeu/sas, h)\ yeusa/menos. kai\ *)aposxedia/zousin, a)nti\ tou= e)k tou= paratuxo/ntos le/gousin. kai\ me/ntoi w)mota/thn kata\ tw=n ai)xmalw/twn a)posxedia/zousi yh=fon kai\ pa/ntas a)nei=lon a)/rrena/s te kai\ qhlei/as: tou\s de\ pai=das die/sw|zon dia\ to\ a)/wron th=s h(liki/as.
Notes:
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; this aorist participle must be quoted from somewhere.
[2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 1.13.11-12.
Keywords: children; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 7 July 2001@01:09:09.
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