Ἀπινύσσω
I lack understanding, I lie senseless
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Oct 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I breathe out/expire. ponw= ["I work hard"],1 ponu/w ,2 pnu/w ,3 pne/w ["I blow/breathe"],4 pneu/w ;5 from pnu/w [come] pepnume/nos ["intelligent"] [and] a)mpnunqh=nai ["to have recovered consciousness"].6 From pne/w [come] pneu=stos 7 and a)/mpneustis ;8 pnu/w by anaptyxis gives pinu/w 9, whence pinuth/ ["understanding, wisdom"] and by metaplasm pinuta/ ["prudent, discreet"]; in the same way as a)fu/ssw ["I draw (liquids)"] [comes] from a)fu/w ["I become white"] and o)du/ssw 10 from o)du/w ,11 so pinu/ssw ["I make prudent, admonish"] [comes] from pinu/w .