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ἵνα μὴ -- διεξίωμεν. See cr. n. The omission in the text of A may be accidental (see Introd. § 5), but the sentence is certainly a difficult one. If the MSS are right, the meaning must be “For we do not want to be tedious,”— but συχνός is rather ‘lengthy’—“and we do not want to leave unsaid what is required for completeness” (J. and C., comparing for συχνός Theaet. 185 E, Phil. 23 B al.). The conjectures of Teuffel (Rhein. Mus. 1850 p. 469) and Herwerden (Mnem. N. S. XI p. 339)— ἵνα ἢ (so q) ἐῶμεν συχνὸν (so v） λόγον ἢ ἱκανὸν (so v） διεξίωμεν and ἵνα μὴ ἢ ἐῶμεν συχνὸν λόγον ἢ οὐχ ἱκανὸν διεξίωμεν— improve the antithesis, but are much too violent. It is safest to retain the MS reading until a thoroughly satisfactory emendation appears. Dr Jackson suggests ἵνα μὴ ἐῶμεν ἱκανὸν λόγον ἢ οὐχ ἱκανὸν διεξίωμεν.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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