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Headword:
*(abrodiai/th|
Adler number: alpha,82
Translated headword: with luxurious living
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] with a soft and dainty life.[1] Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] habrodiaitos: a softy, a soft-liver.[2]
"The lifestyle of the Romans [is] not inclined toward soft-living, especially since they are warlike and hard working."[3]
It also means someone living in affluence.
Also [sc. attested is] a(bro/thti ["in luxury"]: [meaning] in softness, in daintiness.[4]
Greek Original:*(abrodiai/th|: trufera=| zwh=| kai\ a(palh=|. kai\ *(abrodi/aitos: trufhth\s, trufero/bios. toi=s de\ *(rwmai/ois ou)k e)s to\ a(brodi/aiton o( bi/os: a)/llws de\ w(s filopo/lemoi/ te/ ei)si kai\ fere/ponoi. shmai/nei de\ kai\ to\n plousi/ws zw=nta. kai\ *(abro/thti: trufero/thti, a(palo/thti.
Notes:
[1] The primary headword -- a single word in the Greek (but described in LSJ s.v. as 'a faulty compound') -- and its glossing phrase are transmitted in the dative case here, but at
Photius,
Lexicon alpha52 Theodoridis, the editor prints them as nominatives. For
a(bro-, see e.g.
alpha 70 and
alpha 73.
[2] Same or similar material in other lexica.
[3]
Menander Protector fr. 15.1 Blockley (148-149), from the emperor Justin II's letter to his generals, admonishing them for delaying battle with the Avars. The time frame is 570-571; cf. Blockley (270). On Justin II, emperor 565-578, see
iota 449 end and PLRE IIIa s.v. Iustinus(5). On the Avars see
alpha 18 note.
[4] Same material in other lexica; references at
Photius alpha58 Theodoridis.
R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
Keywords: biography; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 26 August 1998@19:35:47.
Vetted by:William Hutton (Altered translation, set keywords and status) on 31 January 2001@23:01:03.
David Whitehead (modified note; cosmetics) on 1 February 2001@04:17:21.
David Whitehead (supplemented translation; augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 20 December 2011@04:06:41.
David Whitehead on 20 December 2011@04:07:24.
David Whitehead (updated a reference) on 3 January 2012@04:22:20.
David Whitehead (tweaked notes) on 16 August 2013@07:16:19.
Catharine Roth (cross-references) on 29 March 2024@22:59:00.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 29 March 2024@23:12:10.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.3, added bibliography and keywords) on 21 July 2024@14:57:01.
Ronald Allen (added cross-references n.3) on 10 October 2024@12:26:32.
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