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Headword:
*staqma=sqai
Adler number: sigma,986
Translated headword: to calculate, to weigh up
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to scrutinize. "Human beings are accustomed to calculate their affection for each other not by words but by actions".[1]
Greek Original:*staqma=sqai: dokima/zein. ou) r(h/masin, a)ll' e)/rgois a)ei\ ei)w/qasi th\n e)s a)llh/lous staqma=sqai storgh\n oi( a)/nqrwpoi.
Notes:
The headword, present middle infinitive of
staqma/w, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. For the glossing cf.
sigma 989,
sigma 995.
[1] An approximation of
Procopius,
Secret History 2.8 (which has not
r(h/masin "by words" but
ai(/mati "by blood"; see web address 1 below); cf. Kaldellis (10).
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 December 2002@10:27:07.
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