Ἁμαρτία
sin, missing the mark
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Jun 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the failure of to obtain good. From the [verb] ma/rptw ["I lay hold of"], [meaning] I seize upon, [the noun] being a kind of a)marpti/a ["lack of seizing"].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁμαρτία· ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἀποτυχία. παρὰ τὸ μάρπτω, τὸ καταλαμβάνω, ἀμαρπτία τις οὖσα.
Betacode
*(amarti/a: h( tou= a)gaqou= a)potuxi/a. para\ to\ ma/rptw, to\ katalamba/nw, a)marpti/a tis ou)=sa.
Notes
- Same or similar material -- improbable, after the opening gloss -- in syntactical lexica.
cf. alpha 1497.
Linked from4 entries
- α1497Ἁμαρτίανsin, missing the markThe Attic Greeks [say] a(marti/a, Herodotus and other Ionians [say] a(marta/s.
- α3621ἈποτύχωI would fail [of][Used] with a genitive. Also [sc. attested is] a)potugxa/nw; [also used] with a genitive.
- α4550Ἀφαμαρτούσῃfor her who is losing[Meaning] for her who is failing [to obtain], for her who has been deprived [of something].
- δ641Διαμαρτίαfailure[Meaning] failure to hit the mark/achieve a goal. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] diama/rtoi ["he/she/it might fail"], meaning might fail to hit the mark/achieve a goal. An indication of future.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Jun 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- notes; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — William Hutton
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict