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Headword:
*ponei=sqai
Adler number: pi,2036
Translated headword: to engage in action
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to act.[1]
"Trajan the emperor was just and strong in body. He came to power when he was 40 years old and wanted to engage in every action in the same way as everyone else, after a fashion."[2]
Greek Original:*ponei=sqai: e)nergei=n. *traiano\s o( basileu\s di/kaios h)=n kai\ tw=| sw/mati e)rrwme/nos m# a)/gwn e)/tos h)=rce kai\ h)bou/leto e)ci/sou pa/nta toi=s a)/llois tro/pon tina\ ponei=sqai.
Notes:
[1] The headword -- possibly though not necessarily extracted from the quotation given -- is present middle infinitive of
pone/w. For the gloss, see
pi 2035 (and the other cross-references there).
[2] A loose approximation of
Cassius Dio 68.6.2-3.
Translated by: William Hutton on 13 January 2013@10:58:53.
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