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Headword:
*ou)deni\
su\n
nw=|
Adler number: omicron,799
Translated headword: with no intelligence
Vetting Status: high
Translation: i.e. thoughtlessly. "[It was he] who also, manifestly, held the generalship with no intelligence."[1]
Greek Original:*ou)deni\ su\n nw=|: toute/stin a)fro/nws. o(/s te kai\ th\n strathgi/an ou)deni\ su\n nw=| poihsa/menos fai/netai.
Notes:
According to Adler, a note in Gaisford compared this entry to
Aristophanes,
Clouds 580 (web address 1), where the very similar phrase
mhdeni\ cu\n nw=| appears. Irrespective of that, the present headword phrase and glossing adverb also appear together in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon, which suggests that the phrase is extracted not from the quotation given but from
Plato,
Crito 48C (
ou)deni\ cu\n nw=| there: web address 2).
[1] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; definition; ethics; military affairs; philosophy
Translated by: Kyle Helms on 24 April 2010@13:13:02.
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