- Source
- Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).
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Sparta decides to put the question of war to a vote by summoning their allies, and after various nations accuse Athens, the Corinthians speak last.
αὖθις δὲ τοὺς ξυμμάχους παρακαλέσαντες ψῆφον ἐβούλοντο ἐπαγαγεῖν1 εἰ χρὴ πολεμεῖν. καὶ ἐλθόντων τῶν πρέσβεων ἀπὸ τῆς ξυμμαχίας καὶ ξυνόδου γενομένης οἵ τε ἄλλοι εἶπον ἃ ἐβούλοντο, κατηγοροῦντες οἱ πλείους τῶν Ἀθηναίων καὶ τὸν πόλεμον ἀξιοῦντες γίγνεσθαι, καὶ οἱ Κορίνθιοι δεηθέντες μὲν καὶ κατὰ πόλεις πρότερον ἑκάστων ἰδίᾳ2 ὥστε ψηφίσασθαι τὸν πόλεμον, δεδιότες περὶ τῇ Ποτειδαίᾳ μὴ προδιαφθαρῇ,3 παρόντες δὲ καὶ τότε καὶ τελευταῖοι ἐπελθόντες ἔλεγον τοιάδε.
And having summoned the allies again, they wished to put it to the vote whether they should go to war. When the ambassadors from the alliance had arrived and the assembly had met, the others said what they wished, most of them accusing the Athenians and demanding that war should be made; and the Corinthians, who had previously entreated each of the cities individually to vote for war, fearing for Potidaea lest it should be destroyed beforehand, and being present also then and coming forward last, spoke as follows.
- 1.119.1ψῆφον ἐβούλοντο ἐπαγαγεῖν
An idiomatic expression meaning "to put to the vote" or "to bring to a vote". The infinitive ἐπαγαγεῖν is the aorist active of ἐπάγω.
- 1.119.1δεηθέντες μὲν καὶ κατὰ πόλεις πρότερον ἑκάστων ἰδίᾳ
The participle δεηθέντες is the aorist participle of the passive deponent verb δέομαι (to entreat, beg) with an active meaning. ἑκάστων (each of them/the cities) is the genitive object governed by δέομαι. κατὰ πόλεις functions adverbially as "city by city" or "individually by cities".
- 1.119.1δεδιότες περὶ τῇ Ποτειδαίᾳ μὴ προδιαφθαρῇ
A fear clause introduced by μή after the verb of fearing δεδιότες (perfect participle of δείδω), meaning "fearing lest...". The prefix προ- in προδιαφθαρῇ (aorist passive subjunctive third-person singular of προδιαφθείρω) implies being destroyed "beforehand" or "before help could arrive".