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Headword:
*proempi/ptein
Adler number: pi,2388
Translated headword: to thrust forward
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "With everyone courting the king, he himself kept quiet, not wishing to thrust forward into familiarity."
Greek Original:*proempi/ptein: to\n basile/a pa/ntwn qerapeuo/ntwn, au)to\s h(su/xaze, mh\ boulo/menos proempi/ptein ei)s gnw=sin.
Notes:
An approximation of
Diogenes Laertius 4.39, on the philosopher
Arcesilaus (and Antigonus Gonatas). The present headword -- present active infinitive of
proempi/ptw -- is extracted from it.
Further material from this same context occurs at
epsilon 665 (and
pi 1918).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 October 2001@06:30:49.
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