Genitive of value

Kuba26

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I have tried to translate "The soul of the unjust man is not worthy of a prize." I am wondering whether I have done a good job, particularly with the genitive of value. (N.B. I have not bothered with the diacritics here.)

My attempt: η του αδικου αντθρωπου ψυχη αναξια αθλου
 

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Drop the τ in αντθρωπου, or better yet, drop ανθρωπου altogether.
The τ is a typo I suspect, but why leave out ανθρωπου?
 

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The τ is a typo I suspect, but why leave out ανθρωπου?
I think it could be inferred from the context - "the unjust one". (I mean, what else is going to have a soul anyway? ;) )
 

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Or why not even simplify it further? "The unjust soul is not worthy of a prize."
 

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I think it could be inferred from the context - "the unjust one".
Thanks for the feedback. I suspected someone was going to say that. It's a good point of course, but the phrase I wanted to translate was "The soul of the unjust man is not worthy of a prize." that's why I went for the genitive ανθρωπου. I guess my follow-up question would be: was my initial translation (η του αδικου ανθρωπου ψυχη αναξια αθλου) wrong or just in bad style, so to speak?
 

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I don't think it's wrong exactly, but just rather cumbersome/unidiomatic.
 

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I don't think it's wrong exactly, but just rather cumbersome/unidiomatic.
Alright, thanks for the tip:)
Would ἐπαινέω be appropriate here?
 

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Alright, thanks for the tip:)
Would ἐπαινέω be appropriate here?
In what sense?

(Keep in mind I'm a Greek student too, so don't take my replies as authoritative. ;) )
 

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Well, is it?:)
 

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My lexicon only gives it in the sense of "thanks, but no thanks" (declining an offer politely).

My textbook (Athenaze) uses χάριν ἀποδίδωμι, but I'm not entirely sure that's idiomatic. Liddell and Scott give χάριν εἰδέναι τινί = to feel grateful, acknowledge a sense of favour, but that seems like a rather indirect way of saying "thank you."

Maybe the Ancient Greeks just didn't say "thank you" in this modern sense?
 

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I am guessing, probably wrongly, that the standard modern ευχαριστώ that even tourists know comes from εὐχαρίζω, which just about makes it into LSJ.
 
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