Ἀποσημήνασθαι

to announce, to explain, to indicate

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 3 Jun 2001 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions

Translation

[Meaning] to compare.¹
Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)poshmh/nasa ["she having explained"], [meaning she] having shown, having told. Josephus [writes]: "having explained [this] to the leaders of the Philistines she concealed some of the soldiers inside to ambush [Sampson]."²
But Palaistinos [sc. is a variant of Palaistenos].³

Greek original

Ἀποσημήνασθαι· ἀφομοιοῦσθαι. καὶ Ἀποσημήνασα, φανερώσασα, ἐξειποῦσα. Ἰώσηπος· ἀποσημήνασα δὲ τοῖς ἄρχουσι τῶν Παλαιστηνῶν ἐνήδρευε στρατιωτῶν ἔνδον τινάς. Παλαιστῖνος δέ.

Betacode

*)aposhmh/nasqai: a)fomoiou=sqai. kai\ *)aposhmh/nasa, fanerw/sasa, e)ceipou=sa. *)iw/shpos: a)poshmh/nasa de\ toi=s a)/rxousi tw=n *palaisthnw=n e)nh/dreue stratiwtw=n e)/ndon tina/s. *palaisti=nos de/.

Notes (2)

[1] Same glossing in other lexica.
2Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 5.309 (web address 1 below), referring to Delilah. ↩
3Quoted from pi 64. The spelling with iota is more common than that with eta.

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External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbours in Adler order

α3516Ἀποσαφοῦντεςmaking clear α3517Ἀποσεμνύνειglorifies α3518ἈποσείομαιI shake off α3519Ἀποσημήνασθαιto announce, to explain, to indicate α3520Ἀποσιμῶσαιto moon [someone]; to make ships swerve α3521Ἀποσιώπησιςaposiopesis, clamming up, sudden silence α3522Ἀπόσιτοςabstinent, fasting

Revisions (7)

27 Oct 2018Catharine Rothtweaked link
23 Sep 2015Catharine Rothexpanded note
23 Sep 2015Catharine Rothcosmetics
5 Apr 2012David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics
22 Aug 2002David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; cosmetics
3 Jun 2001Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*)aposhmh/nasqai: a)fomoiou=sqai. kai\ *)aposhmh/nasa, fanerw/sasa, e)ceipou=sa. *)iw/shpos: a)poshmh/nasa de\ toi=s a)/rxousi tw=n *palaisthnw=n e)nh/dreue stratiwtw=n e)/ndon tina/s. *palaisti=nos de/.