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Headword:
*)espou/dazon
Adler number: epsilon,3195
Translated headword: were treating seriously
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] they were being solemn [about], were being careful [about].[1]
Polybios [writes]: "for they were treating seriously their retinues and their garments especially, and there was a certain showiness about most of them that exceeded the resources from their livelihood; but they neglected their arms."[2]
Greek Original:*)espou/dazon: e)semnologou=nto, e)pemelou=nto. *polu/bios: e)spou/dazon ga\r ta\s a)kolouqi/as kai\ ta\s e)sqh=tas diafero/ntws, kai/ tis h)=n peri\ tou\s plei/stous kallwpismo\s u(pere/xwn th\n e)k tou= bi/ou xorhgi/an: o(/plwn de\ h)me/loun.
Notes:
[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is third person plural, imperfect active, of
spouda/zw (
sigma 967).
[2] An approximation of
Polybios 11.8.5-6, on the predecessors of Philopoimen (
phi 409) as Achaian generals. Parts of the same quotation appear at
upsilon 274 and (ectopically) at
chi 395; cf. also
sigma 967.
Keywords: biography; clothing; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: William Hutton on 23 January 2008@07:59:11.
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