Enchiridion [Sentence 081]

Enchiridion

Sentence 081

Text and Analysis

14.01.031
οὕτω
οὕτως
adverb
-
so
14.01.032
κἂν
κἀν
conjunction
-
if also
14.01.033
τὸν
article
ASM
the
14.01.034
παῖδα
παῖς
adjective
ASZ
slave
14.01.035
θέλῃς
ἐθέλω
verb
PAS.2S
you wish
14.01.036
μὴ
μή
conjunction
-
not
14.01.037
ἁμαρτάνειν,
ἁμαρτάνω
verb
PAN
to fault
14.01.038
μωρὸς
μωρός
adjective
NSM
stupid
14.01.039
εἶ:
εἰμί
verb
PAI.2S
you are

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Translations

So likewise, if you wish your servant to be without fault, you are a fool;Elizabeth Carter (c.1750)
So likewise, if you wish your servant to be without fault, you are foolish;Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1890)
So if you would have your slave to be free from faults, you are a fool;George Long (1890)
In the same way if you want your servant to make no mistakes, you are a fool,Percy Ewing Matheson (1916)