Lucian of Samosata, Pro lapsu inter salutandum, Kenneth Kilburn (Translator), 13

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[13] Now in the book of instructions you always get from the emperor, isn’t the first injunction to you to take care of your health? And rightly so. You would not be of much use otherwise. Indeed you yourselves, if I know any Latin, also often return the word “Health” ¹ when you shake hands.

Pro lapsu inter salutandum. Lucian of Samosata. Kenneth Kilburn (Translator). Medford, MA. Perseus 5.0.

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A Slip of the Tongue in Greeting (English) (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).)

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Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἐν τῇ Προσαγορεύσει Πταίσματος Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 1. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1909.) — 13 focus

[13] τί δʼ; οὐχὶ καὶ ἐν τῷ τῶν ἐντολῶν βιβλίῳ, ὃ ἀεὶ παρὰ βασιλέως λαμβανετε, τοῦτο πρῶτον ὑμῖν ἐστι παράγγελμα, τῆς ὑγιείας τῆς ὑμετέρας αὐτῶν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι; καὶ μάλʼ εἰκότως· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἂν εἴη ὄφελος ὑμῶν πρὸς τὰ ἄλλα μὴ οὕτω διακειμένων. ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑμεῖς αὐτοί, εἴ τι κἀγὼ τῆς Ῥωμαίων φωνῆς ἐπαΐω, τοὺς προσαγορεύοντας ἀντιδεξιούμενοι τῷ τῆς ὑγιείας ὀνόματι πολλάκις ἀμείβεσθε.

Ὑπέρ τοῦ ἐν τῇ προσαγορεύσει πταισμάτως Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 13 focus

[13] οὐχὶ καὶ ἐν τῷ τῶν ἐντολῶν βιβλίῳ, ὃ ἀεὶ παρὰ βασιλέως λαμβάνετε, τοῦτο πρῶτον ὑμῖν ἐστι παράγγελμα, τῆς ὑγιείας τῆς ὑμετέρας αὐτῶν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι; καὶ μάλ' εἰκότως· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἂν εἴη ὄφελος ὑμῶν πρὸς τὰ ἄλλα μὴ οὕτω διακειμένων. ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑμεῖς αὐτοί, εἴ τι κἀγὼ τῆς Ῥωμαίων φωνῆς ἐπαΐω, τοὺς προσαγορεύοντας ἀντιδεξιούμενοι τῷ τῆς ὑγιείας ὀνόματι πολλάκις ἀμείβεσθε.

Translations (1)

A Slip of the Tongue in Salutation Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 2. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 13 focus

[13] Why, in that book of instructions which you all receive from the Emperor, is not the first recommendation to take care of your health? Quite rightly; that is the condition precedent of efficiency. Moreover, if I know any Latin, you yourselves, in returning a salutation, constantly use the equivalent of Health.

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A Slip of the Tongue in Greeting

1. In Latin “Salve.”

Lucian of Samosata Pro lapsu inter salutandum 13

Kenneth Kilburn (Translator)

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