Ἀναίμονες

bloodless [ones]

Translated by John Arnold · 19 Jun 2000 · Vetting: high · 13 revisions

Translation

[Meaning those] lacking blood.¹
Also [sc. attested is the singular form] a)/naimos, [meaning] one not having blood.²
Also [sc. attested is the adverb] a)naimwti/ ["bloodlessly"], [meaning] without blood.³
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "without thirst for blood",⁴ that is angelic; for the angels do not have blood, in that they do not even eat. The Logothete says [this] about Saint Daniel with regard to an inscription [found] on his column.⁵

Greek original

Ἀναίμονες· ἀναίματοι. καὶ Ἄναιμος, ὁ μὴ ἔχων αἷμα. καὶ Ἀναιμωτὶ, ἄνευ αἵματος. καὶ Ἀναίμονι δίψῃ, τουτέστιν ἀγγελικῇ· αἷμα γὰρ οὐκ ἔχουσιν οἱ ἄγγελοι, καθὸ οὐδὲ ἐσθίουσι. περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Δανιήλ φησιν ὁ Λογοθέτης εἰς ἐπίγραμμα δῆθεν τοῦ κίονος αὐτοῦ.

Betacode

*)anai/mones: a)nai/matoi. kai\ *)/anaimos, o( mh\ e)/xwn ai(=ma. kai\ *)anaimwti\, a)/neu ai(/matos. kai\ *)anai/moni di/yh|, toute/stin a)ggelikh=|: ai(=ma ga\r ou)k e)/xousin oi( a)/ggeloi, kaqo\ ou)de\ e)sqi/ousi. peri\ tou= a(gi/ou *danih/l fhsin o( *logoqe/ths ei)s e)pi/gramma dh=qen tou= ki/onos au)tou=.

Notes (4)

[1] Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. The headword, nominative plural of a)nai/mwn, is quoted from Homer, Iliad 5.342, where it refers to the gods.
2Medical/zoological term; the opposite of e)/naimos (epsilon 1200). See also omicron 151. ↩
3From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 18.149, where this adverb occurs. ↩
4Life of Daniel the Stylite 19, PG 116:996b. ↩
5The reference is to the author of the Menologion of Basil II, Symeon Metaphrastes, often identified as Symeon Logothete. The entry for Daniel's festival on Dec. 11 [PG 117:201] refers, however, to wind [a)/nemos]. Rather than the Menologion, the reference is to the inscription quoted in the Life of St. Daniel the Stylite (409-493), c.36: "Upon a double column firm his feet are set; Ambrosial hunger, bloodless thirst support his frame."

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References

Life of Daniel the Stylite: web address 1.

External resources

Web address 1 legacy.fordham.edu

Neighbours in Adler order

α2197ἈναίαAnaia, Anaea α2198Ἀναιδέςshameless α2199Ἀνεμάξατοwiped off α2200Ἀναίμονεςbloodless [ones]α2201Ἀναίνεσθαιto reject, to spurn α2202Ἀναιρεθείςhaving been taken up α2203Ἀναισίμουused up

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Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*)anai/mones: a)nai/matoi. kai\ *)/anaimos, o( mh\ e)/xwn ai(=ma. kai\ *)anaimwti\, a)/neu ai(/matos. kai\ *)anai/moni di/yh|, toute/stin a)ggelikh=|: ai(=ma ga\r ou)k e)/xousin oi( a)/ggeloi, kaqo\ ou)de\ e)sqi/ousi. peri\ tou= a(gi/ou *danih/l fhsin o( *logoqe/ths ei)s e)pi/gramma dh=qen tou= ki/onos au)tou=.

Notes (4)

[1] Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. The headword, nominative plural of a)nai/mwn, is quoted from Homer, Iliad 5.342, where it refers to the gods.

2Medical/zoological term; the opposite of e)/naimos (epsilon 1200). See also omicron 151. ↩

3From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 18.149, where this adverb occurs. ↩

4Life of Daniel the Stylite 19, PG 116:996b. ↩

5The reference is to the author of the Menologion of Basil II, Symeon Metaphrastes, often identified as Symeon Logothete. The entry for Daniel's festival on Dec. 11 [PG 117:201] refers, however, to wind [a)/nemos]. Rather than the Menologion, the reference is to the inscription quoted in the Life of St. Daniel the Stylite (409-493), c.36: "Upon a double column firm his feet are set; Ambrosial hunger, bloodless thirst support his frame."