Ἀποδιοπομπεῖσθαι
to conjure away, to escort away, to set aside
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Feb 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to send [sc. pollution] away to propitiating Zeus and [so] in effect to bring about purification or appeasement.
"They escort the long-eared owls away to the birds."1
Also [sc. attested is the the imperative]a)podiopompei/sqw ["let him be sent out"], let him be chased [away].2
"They escort the long-eared owls away to the birds."1
Also [sc. attested is the the imperative]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀποδιοπομπεῖσθαι· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀποπέμπεσθαι πρὸς τὸν προστρόπαιον Δία καὶ οἱονεὶ καθαίρεσθαι ἢ ἱλάσκεσθαι. τοὺς νυκτικόρακας εἰς τοὺς ὄρνις ἀποδιοπομποῦνται. καὶ Ἀποδιοπομπείσθω, ἀποδιωκέσθω.
Betacode
*)apodiopompei=sqai: ai)tiatikh=|. a)pope/mpesqai pro\s to\n prostro/paion *di/a kai\ oi(onei\ kaqai/resqai h)\ i(la/skesqai. tou\s nuktiko/rakas ei)s tou\s o)/rnis a)podiopompou=ntai. kai\ *)apodiopompei/sqw, a)podiwke/sqw.
Notes (2)
- cf. delta 1189, and see generally Robert Parker, Miasma (Oxford 1983) 28-29 with appendix 6 on what lies behind this entry: a rite of purification/appeasement for Zeus Meilichios involving (as scapegoat) the fleece of a ram.↩
- 1Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
- 2Again under delta 1189; evidently quoted from somewhere.
Linked from3 entries
- α3928ἈριστόξενοςAristoxenus, Aristoxenus[Aristoxenus] of Cyrene; [the man] who because of his unsurpassable luxuriance used to water the lettuces in his garden with honeyed wine in the evenings, and used to say that green flatcakes were [thus] being supplied…
- δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away[Meaning] to avert evil and to be purified from pollution. Also [sc. attested is] a)podiopompei/sqw ["let [evil] be escorted away!"].
- δ1210Διὸς κῴδιονZeus' ram-fleece[The fleece] of which the victim has been sacrificed to Zeus. They [sc. the Athenians] sacrifice both to [Zeus] Meilichios and to Zeus Ktesios. They preserve the fleeces of these [victims], calling on the name of Zeus.…
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