Ἐπαφίασιν Ἐπαφιᾶσι
they let go
Translated by William Hutton28 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
But e)pafia=si 1 [means] they send.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπαφίασιν· Ἐπαφιᾶσι δὲ πέμπουσιν.
Betacode
*)epafi/asin: *)epafia=si de\ pe/mpousin.
Notes (1)
- Entry absent, Adler reports, from mss AFV.
- 1The headword and this supplementary lemma are both third person plural, present indicative active, of
e)pafi/hmi . Aside from the presence and absence of the optional final nu, the only difference between the two forms is accent: proparoxytone in the former and properispomenon in the latter. The latter is by far the most common form, though the former does occur in a handful of late texts apart from this one. The lexicographer is perhaps trying to assert the equivalence of the two forms, though more probably (to judge from other entries of the same kind) he thinks that only the second means 'they send'. - 1The headword and this supplementary lemma are both third person plural, present indicative active, of