Ἀναβάσεις

risings, mountings, ascents

Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Oct 2000Vetting: high8 revisions

2 notes · 33 words

[Meaning] advances; the opposite [is] kataba/seis ["descents, declines"].¹
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)naba/seis kardi/as ["heart's risings"], [meaning] thoughts that are pious toward God. David [says]: "he set ascents in his heart."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀναβάσεις· αἱ προκοπαί, εἰς τὸ ἐναντίον δὲ καταβάσεις. καὶ Ἀναβάσεις καρδίας, οἱ εὐσεβεῖς περὶ θεοῦ λογισμοί. Δαβίδ· ἀναβάσεις ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ διέθετο.

Betacode

*)anaba/seis: ai( prokopai/, ei)s to\ e)nanti/on de\ kataba/seis. kai\ *)anaba/seis kardi/as, oi( eu)sebei=s peri\ qeou= logismoi/. *dabi/d: a)naba/seis e)n th=| kardi/a| au)tou= die/qeto.

Notes (2)

1Artemidorus 4.28. ↩
2Theodoret (PG 80, 1541a) on Psalm 83.6 LXX. ↩

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α1517Ἄμβασιςway-up[a)/mbasis means the same as] a)na/basis ["way-up"]. "And there was no sort of way-up."

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α1799Ἀναβαλλόμενοςdeferring, postponing, putting off α1800Ἀναβαλοῦput up; put off, delay α1801Ἀναβάσειςrisings, mountings, ascents α1802Ἀνάβαινεstep up α1803Ἀναβεβαμένοιmounted [ones]

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15 Aug 2015Revised — David Whitehead
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7 Mar 2012cosmetics — Catharine Roth
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17 Feb 2003augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Dec 2001cosmetics, reference — Catharine Roth
17 Oct 2000Modified translation — William Hutton
16 Oct 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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Greek original · Adler’s text

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