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Ἐπιφάνεια · surface; epiphany (ε 2739) · Suda

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ε2735you must be racked there on the wheel and declare your villainies
ε2736to just any people; to those who happen to be there; to people of no consequence; to those who happen to succeed
ε2737would be enamoured, would be inflamed
ε2738I encounter, I happen on, I meet
ε2739surface; epiphany
ε2740Epiphanios; Epiphany
ε2741Epiphanios, Epiphanius
ε2742Epiphanios, Epiphanius
ε2743Epiphanios, Epiphanius

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2739

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Ἐπιφάνεια

surface; epiphany

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 45 words

Translation

Surface [epiphaneia] is the limit of a body, or that which has length and width but no depth. This is said both in respect to the ideal and in respect to actual existence.¹
But epiphaneia [is] also the incarnate dispensation of our Savior Jesus Christ.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιφάνεια· ἐπιφάνεια ἐστὶ σώματος πέρας, ἢ τὸ μῆκος καὶ πλάτος μόνον ἔχον, βάθος δὲ οὔ. αὐτὴ δὲ κατ' ἐπίνοιαν καὶ καθ' ὑπόστασιν λέγεται. Ἐπιφάνεια δὲ καὶ ἡ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔνσαρκος οἰκονομία.

Betacode

*)epifa/neia: e)pifa/neia e)sti\ sw/matos pe/ras, h)\ to\ mh=kos kai\ pla/tos mo/non e)/xon, ba/qos de\ ou)/. au)th\ de\ kat' e)pi/noian kai\ kaq' u(po/stasin le/getai. *)epifa/neia de\ kai\ h( tou= *swth=ros h(mw=n *)ihsou= *xristou= e)/nsarkos oi)konomi/a.

Notes (1)

[1] Stoic doctrine from Diogenes Laertius 7.135 (citing the Physics of Apollodorus of Seleucia-on-Tigris, C2 BCE: see generally OCD(4) s.v. Apollodorus(8); SVF 3.259-261).
2cf. John of Damascus, PG 94.628a.

Linked from1 entry

ε2740ἘπιφάνιονEpiphanios; Epiphany[Singular] *)epifa/nion [is attested] and [so is the neuter plural] ta\ *)epifa/nia.

Neighbouring entries

ε2737Ἐπιτυφῇwould be enamoured, would be inflamed ε2738ἘπιτυγχάνωI encounter, I happen on, I meet ε2739Ἐπιφάνειαsurface; epiphany ε2740ἘπιφάνιονEpiphanios; Epiphany ε2741ἘπιφάνιοςEpiphanios, Epiphanius

Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Nov 2017

8 Nov 2017another keyword — Catharine Roth
3 Aug 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
22 Oct 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
7 Oct 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
18 Dec 2002augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Dec 2002Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιφάνεια (Adler number epsilon 2739), trans. Catharine Roth, 17 Dec 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2739

Translation by Catharine Roth 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 ↗