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- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
Artabanus advises Xerxes that haste in any matter leads to errors and great losses, whereas caution and delay bring long-term benefits.
ἐπειχθῆναι1 μέν νυν πᾶν πρῆγμα τίκτει σφάλματα, ἐκ τῶν ζημίαι μεγάλαι φιλέουσι2 γίνεσθαι· ἐν δὲ τῷ ἐπισχεῖν ἔνεστι ἀγαθά, εἰ μὴ παραυτίκα δοκέοντα3 εἶναι, ἀλλʼ ἀνὰ χρόνον ἐξεύροι τις ἄν.
For to hasten every matter begets errors, from which great losses are wont to arise; but in holding back there are benefits, even if they do not seem to be so immediately, yet in course of time one would discover them.
- 7.10F.1ἐπειχθῆναι
The aorist passive infinitive, taking πᾶν πρῆγμα as its subject in an accusative-with-infinitive construction, which functions as the subject of τίκτει. It literally means 'for every matter to be hastened'.
- 7.10F.1φιλέουσι
The verb φιλέω with an infinitive (here γίνεσθαι) expresses habit or tendency, meaning 'to be wont to' or 'usually to', a usage common in Herodotus' Ionic Greek.
- 7.10F.1δοκέοντα
Neuter plural present participle (Ionic for δοκοῦντα) agreeing with ἀγαθά from the main clause. It functions as 'seeming [to be benefits]' with the infinitive εἶναι.