Ἔχει αὐτὸν ὁ τοῦ θανάτου ζόφος χαλινώσας

death's darkness bridled him and has him

Translated by Ryan Stone6 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

Meaning he has died.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔχει αὐτὸν ὁ τοῦ θανάτου ζόφος χαλινώσας· ἀντὶ τοῦ τέθνηκεν.

Betacode

*)/exei au)to\n o( tou= qana/tou zo/fos xalinw/sas: a)nti\ tou= te/qnhken.

Also in Photius (and ps.-Zonaras).
The headword phrase is evidently a quotation, but unidentifiable.