Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

andrebbe invece arrestato

English translation:

and should be stopped/deterred

Added to glossary by Therese Marshall
Jan 8, 2018 10:12
6 yrs ago
Italian term

andrebbe invece arrestato

Italian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature essay on Plutarch\\\'s comments on Hesiod\'s works - Divine retribution and punishment
Context:
questo accostamento tra indugio (ἀμβολιεργός /ἀναβολαὶ) e delitti (μοχθηρῶν ἔργων) si ritrova, come visto, nel passo del De sera dove l'esiodeo ἀμβολιεργοὺς si riferisce a chi non indugia nel compiere il male (κακῶς ποιεῖν) e che andrebbe invece arrestato dall'immediato castigo decretato dal dio. Sembra probabile che almeno l'ultima frase possa essere considerata affine al pensiero plutarcheo e al testo dell'opuscolo.

Here, I am not sure whether the "arrestato" part means ...."and, instead, should be prevented from carrying out the punishment inflicted by the god"

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Proposed translations

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and should be stopped/deterred

BY the immediate punishment

The punishment is the deterrent as I understand it
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should be condemned

should be condemned to the immediate punishment from God
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Thank you David!
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15 hrs

would instead be stopped

sounds like it's the difference between he who hesitates to do evil, and he who instead is only stopped by the immediate punishment inflicted by God. I guess "dal" in your case would be "the god".

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Note added at 15 hrs (2018-01-09 02:04:45 GMT)
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decreed, rather.
Example sentence:

would instead be stopped by the immediate punishment decread by the God

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Reference comments

1 day 3 hrs
Reference:

this should be the Plutarch reference

https://goo.gl/iGvL2o
...would be stopped (or deterred, as Lisa suggests) sounds good to me
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Thank you Dan!
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