Enchiridion [Sentence 127]

Enchiridion

Sentence 127

Text and Analysis

23.01.001
ἐάν
ἐάν
conjunction
-
if
23.01.002
ποτέ
ποτέ
particle
-
ever
23.01.003
σοι
σύ
pronoun
DS-2
to you
23.01.004
γένηται
γίγνομαι
verb
AMS.3S
might become
23.01.005
ἔξω
ἔξω
adverb
-
outwardly
23.01.006
στραφῆναι
στρέφω
verb
APN
to turn
23.01.007
πρὸς
πρός
preposition
-
to
23.01.008
τὸ
article
SSN
the
23.01.009
βούλεσθαι
βούλομαι
verb
PMN
to wish
23.01.010
ἀρέσαι
ἀρέσκω
verb
AAN
to please
23.01.011
τινί,
τις
pronoun
DS-
someone
23.01.012
ἴσθι
οἶδα
verb
XAD.2S
know
23.01.013
ὅτι
ὅστις
pronoun
SSN
that
23.01.014
ἀπώλεσας
ἀπόλλυμι
verb
AAI.2S
you destroyed
23.01.015
τὴν
article
ASF
the
23.01.016
ἔνστασιν.
ἔνστασις
noun
ASF
way of life

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Translations

If you ever happen to turn your attention to externals, so as to wish to please anyone, be assured that you have ruined your scheme of life.Elizabeth Carter (c.1750)
If you ever happen to turn your attention to externals, for the pleasure of any one, be assured that you have ruined your scheme of life.Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1890)
If it should ever happen to you to be turned to externals in order to please some person, you must know that you have lost your purpose in life.George Long (1890)
If it ever happen to you to be diverted to things outside, so that you desire to please another, know that you have lost your life's plan.Percy Ewing Matheson (1916)