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Headword:
*pra=gos
Adler number: pi,2198
Translated headword: affair, action, matter
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [*pra=gos means the same as] pra=cis.[1] "It is not right for anyone of human beings to disregard a matter."[2] If one is a human being, he is saying, one should not despise a matter.
Greek Original:*pra=gos: h( pra=cis. pra=gos d' a)ti/zein ou)dem' a)nqrw/pwn xrew/n. a)/nqrwpon o)/nta, fhsi/n, ou) dei= pra=gma kaki/zein.
Notes:
[1] The headword is a poetic neuter noun, equivalent (as we see here) to
pra=cis and
pra=gma; all are related to the verb
pra/ttw/
pra/ssw.
[2] Approximate quotation of
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus 1153 (web address 1), with scholion.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 April 2013@23:06:44.
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