βελτιόω
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
A improue, Ph.1.202, al., Stud.Pal.1.7 ii 20 (v A. D.), etc.:—Pass., Ph.1.169, al., Plu.2.85c, SIG888.5 (Thrace, iii A. D.), Antyll. ap. Orib.10.23.18, etc.; οὔτε βελτιοῦσι τὴν αἰτίαν τῶν παθῶν give no better reason for, Posidon. ap. Gal.5.469.
German (Pape)
[Seite 442] verbessern, Arist. plant. u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βελτιόω: βελτιώνω, καλλιτερεύω· ἀναφερόμενον ἐκ τοῦ Φίλωνος· - ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ παθ., Ἀριστ. Φυτ. 1. 7, 3, Πλούτ. 2.85C (ἔνθα ἴδε Wytt.).
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
f. βελτιώσω;
améliorer.
Étymologie: βελτίων.
Spanish (DGE)
1 mejorar οὔτε ... βελτιοῦσι τὴν αἰτίαν τῶν παθῶν no dan mejor razón de los afectos Posidon.187, moralmente τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ὑμῶν Aq.Ie.35.15 (var.), cf. Ph.1.202
•abs. hacer mejoras en fórmulas de compra y alquiler de viviendas δεσποτείαν δέδωκα καὶ διοικεῖν καὶ οἰκονομεῖν καὶ βελτιοῦν Stud.Pal.1.p.7.2.20 (V d.C.), cf. PLond.1044.2 (V d.C.), SB 11578.9 (V d.C.), PMasp.97re.36, PPar.21bis.17 (ambos biz.)
•en v. pas. βελτιοῦται γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ χαλκοῦ τὰ ὀφθαλμικά Antyll. en Orib.10.23.18, cf. IGBulg.4.2236.13 (III d.C.), moralmente, Origenes Io.10.19.
2 en v. med. hacerse mejor, perfeccionarse ἐὰν δὲ βελτιούμενος ἀεὶ πρὸς τέλος ἀφίκῃ Ph.1.169, cf. Ep.Diog.6.9, c. ac. de rel. ἀνὴρ βελτιούμενος τὸ ἦθος Plu.2.85c.
