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Saturday, June 20, 2020

Asyndetic Privative Adjectives: Polybius

Polybius 1.67.11 (tr. W.R. Paton, rev. F.W. Walbank):
The consequence was that everything was in a state of uncertainty, mistrust and confusion.

ἐξ ὧν ἦν ἀσαφείας, ἀπιστίας, ἀμιξίας ἅπαντα πλήρη.
Id. 15.24.2:
The Thasians told Metrodorus, Philip's general, that they would surrender the city if he would let them remain without a garrison, exempt from tribute, with no soldiers quartered on them and governed by their own laws.

Θάσιοι εἶπον πρὸς Μητρόδωρον τὸν Φιλίππου στρατηγὸν παραδοῦναι τὴν πόλιν εἰ διατηρήσοι αὐτοὺς ἀφρουρήτους, ἀφορολογήτους, ἀνεπισταθμεύτους, νόμοις χρῆσθαι τοῖς ἰδίοις.