Ἀσαφείᾳ νυκτὸς ἀπολλύμενος
killed in the obscurity of night
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Dec 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Evidently [meaning that he was killed] beneath the darkest [part of] the night, in which one is not able to recognize someone. Whence also the [expression], "with the moon showing through the gloom." Thus it is written in the Martyrdom of the twenty thousand saints.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀσαφείᾳ νυκτὸς ἀπολλύμενος· ὑπὸ σκοτεινοτάτης δηλαδὴ νυκτὸς, καθ' ἥν τίς τινα ἀναγνωρίσαι οὐ δύναται. ὅθεν καὶ τὸ, σελήνης τὸν ζόφον διασαφούσης. οὕτως γέγραπται ἐν τῷ μαρτυρίῳ τῶν ἁγίων δισμυρίων.