Surrendering Oneself to Clotho and Fate

Notes

1. 4.34.1συνεπιδίδου — Present imperative of συνεπιδίδωμι (to surrender oneself willingly or give up together). This is a strong expression encouraging active self-acceptance, following the preceding section's concluding remark on welcoming whatever happens.
2. 4.34.1παρέχων συννῆσαι — The verb παρέχω followed by an infinitive means 'allowing/permitting to do'. The infinitive συννῆσαι is the aorist active infinitive of συννέω (to spin together). It plays on the metaphor of Clotho (the spinner), one of the three Fates, weaving the thread of one's life together with events.
3. 4.34.1οἷστισί ποτε πράγμασι βούλεται — οἷστισί ποτε is the dative plural of the relative pronoun ὅστις with the particle ποτε, meaning 'with whatever'. It modifies the dative noun πράγμασι (events/happenings) and functions as the complement of the infinitive συννῆσαι (which contains the prefix συν-, 'together with'). The subject of βούλεται is the third-person singular Clotho.