GR translation: poised

[David Morris]

In addition to readiness and  balance before the commencement of
action Jed suggests, I would say another related word would be
"composed."

And to take it one step further, since the subjects being described
are still images, like wall frescoes or vessel paintings, "posed" and
"composition" also resonate (at least for me)

David Morris.

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 7/9/2011 8:39 PM, Jed Kelestron wrote:
>>
>> I would say the athletes are poised in this sense:
>>
>> 3 : to draw up into readiness : put into a position or attitude of
>> readiness<poised their armies for the battle>; especially : BRACE
>> <poised themselves for the ordeal awaiting them>
>> intransitive verb
>> 1 : to become drawn up into readiness for something<knew that they
>> were poising for the encounter>
>>
>> And Katje in this sense:
>>
>> (2) : to keep (as something that is supported or suspended) in a
>> steady position : keep from going one way or the other : STABILIZE
>> <the nonchalance with which the steersman poised the canoe -- Ernest
>> Beaglehole>  d : to hold or carry (as the head) in a particular way
>> <poised her head disdainfully -- G.B.Shaw>
>>
>> from "poise." Webster's Third New International Dictionary,
>> Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002.
>> http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (9 Jul. 2011).
>>
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>>
>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Mike Jing<mikezjing at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> P90.14-15 He gets flashes of them these days, naked, athletes poised and
>>> breathing about the chamber, ...
>>>
>>> P96.5-6  ..., frock, face, hair, hands, slender calves all gone to glass
>>> and glazing, for the celluloid instant poised--...
>>>
>>> I'm having trouble finding the best translation for "poised".  Which of
>>> these meanings is best:
>>>
>>> 1. (of a person) composed, dignified, and self-assured.
>>> 2. being in balance or equilibrium: a balloon poised on the nose of a
>>> seal.
>>> 3. teetering or wavering: to be poised on the brink of disaster. EXPAND
>>> 4. hovering or suspended in or as in midair: a bird poised in flight; a
>>> helicopter poised overhead.
>>> Is there any other meaning not included here?
>>>
> Earlier Teddy Bloat had a forkful of bananas glacees poised fashionably in
> the air.
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