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Ἐπιτρῖψαι · to crush, to wear out (ε 2731) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε2731

ε2727might be rubbed
ε2728afflicting, crushing
ε2729accursed, damned
ε2730at-one-third
ε2731to crush, to wear out
ε2732arbitration, adjudication, guardianship
ε2733I act as guardian
ε2734fluently, trippingly, volubly
ε2735you must be racked there on the wheel and declare your villainies

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2731

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Ἐπιτρῖψαι

to crush, to wear out

Translated by Alexandra Trachsel26 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 14 words

Translation

[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to destroy.
Also [sc. attested is] 'wearings-out', [meaning] wearings-away.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιτρῖψαι· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀπολέσαι. καὶ Ἐπιτρίψεις, συντρίψεις.

Betacode

*)epitri=yai: ai)tiatikh=|. a)pole/sai. kai\ *)epitri/yeis, suntri/yeis.

Notes (1)

The headword is aorist active infinitive of the verb e)pitri/bw. It has the same glossing in other lexica, and must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Aristophanes, Birds 96. For the gloss cf. the second part of epsilon 2727.
1This addendum to the entry explains Psalm 92.3 LXX; see also tau 1043, giving the phrase of Theodoret's out of which the present term (femimine accusative plural) is extracted. Hesychius s.v. e)pitri/yeis completes the explanation with another term, suntele/seis ("completions"), which may not render the psalmist's exact meaning. See for instance Origen, Fragmenta in Psalmos 92.3-4 for an explanation: the church is carried away by the rivers as the eroded earth.

Linked from1 entry

ε2727Ἐπιτριβείηmight be rubbed[Meaning he/she/it] might become versed, might be experienced, or might be stimulated. But it also means [he/she/it] might be destroyed.

Neighbouring entries

ε2729Ἐπίτριπτοςaccursed, damned ε2730Ἐπιτρίταιςat-one-third ε2731Ἐπιτρῖψαιto crush, to wear out ε2732Ἐπιτροπήarbitration, adjudication, guardianship ε2733ἘπιτροπεύωI act as guardian

Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Nov 2017

7 Nov 2017tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
2 Feb 2016coding — David Whitehead
22 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
27 Feb 2008tweaks and cosmetics; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
26 Feb 2008Translated — Alexandra Trachsel

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιτρῖψαι (Adler number epsilon 2731), trans. Alexandra Trachsel, 26 Feb 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2731

Translation by Alexandra Trachsel for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗