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Headword:
*(h|rei=to
Adler number: eta,500
Translated headword: used to choose
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning he/she/it] used to desire, used to take.[1] "For often, not only in the daytime but also at night, food used to be prepared and the public wealth was wasted in the preparation of dinners."[2]
Greek Original:*(h|rei=to: e)pequ/mei, e)la/mbane. polla/kis ga\r ou) mo/non th=s h(me/ras a)lla\ kai\ th=s nukto\s e)sitopoiei=to kai\ u(pe\r ta\s tw=n dei/pnwn paraskeua\s ta\ polutelh= tw=n dhmosi/wn a)petru/eto.
Notes:
[1] Imperfect of
ai(re/omai, third person singular; cf.
eta 501,
eta 502. See further, next note
[2] John of
Antioch fr.97 FHG (4.577), now 179 Roberto, on the gluttonous emperor Vitellius. Already at
alpha 3089 and
beta 309, from the latter of which we see that "food used to be prepared" (
e)sitopoiei=to) is wrong; read
si=ton h|(rei=to ("he used to desire food"), which explains why the quotation is repeated under the present headword.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 October 2006@20:38:23.
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