ἐν παραβύστῳ
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See also: εν παραβύστω
Ancient Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /en pa.ra.býs.tɔːi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /en pa.raˈbys.to/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /en pa.raˈβys.to/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /en pa.raˈvys.to/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /en pa.raˈvis.to/
Prepositional phrase
[edit]ἐν πᾰρᾰβύστῳ • (en parabústōi)
- sneakily, on the sly, in a hole-and-corner
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 47:
- οὐκ εἰς τὴν βουλήν, οὐκ εἰς τὸν δῆμον εἰπὼν περὶ τούτων οὐδέν, ἐν παραβύστῳ, τῆς βουλῆς μὲν ἀφειμένης, τῶν δ’ ἄλλων διὰ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἱερομηνίαν ἀγόντων, λάθρα τὸν νόμον εἰσήνεγκεν.
- ouk eis tḕn boulḗn, ouk eis tòn dêmon eipṑn perì toútōn oudén, en parabústōi, tês boulês mèn apheiménēs, tôn d’ állōn dià tḕn heortḕn hieromēnían agóntōn, láthra tòn nómon eisḗnenken.
- [Timocrates ...] without laying any proposition before the Council or before the Assembly, on the sly, when the Council stood adjourned, and everybody was holiday-making in honor of the festival, he brought in his bill surreptitiously.
- English translation (1939) by A. T. Murray. @perseus.tuftus.edu
- οὐκ εἰς τὴν βουλήν, οὐκ εἰς τὸν δῆμον εἰπὼν περὶ τούτων οὐδέν, ἐν παραβύστῳ, τῆς βουλῆς μὲν ἀφειμένης, τῶν δ’ ἄλλων διὰ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἱερομηνίαν ἀγόντων, λάθρα τὸν νόμον εἰσήνεγκεν.
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Topics 157a:(VIII)
- Διὸ καὶ λανθάνουσιν ἐνίοτε οἱ ἐρωτῶντες ἐν παραβύστῳ προστιθέντες ἃ καθ’ αὑτὰ προτεινόμενα οὐκ ἂν τεθείη.
- Diò kaì lanthánousin eníote hoi erōtôntes en parabústōi prostithéntes hà kath’ hautà proteinómena ouk àn tetheíē.
- That is why, the ones who ask questions are occasionally not detected, by sneakily adding propositions which would not stand separately.
- Διὸ καὶ λανθάνουσιν ἐνίοτε οἱ ἐρωτῶντες ἐν παραβύστῳ προστιθέντες ἃ καθ’ αὑτὰ προτεινόμενα οὐκ ἂν τεθείη.
Descendants
[edit]- → Greek: εν παραβύστω (en paravýsto) (learned)