Ἐκριπισθέντες

kindled, stirred up

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Jan 2007Vetting: high7 revisions

2 notes · 23 words

[Meaning they who were] set alight.¹ For r(ipi/zein ["to blow, to fan into flame"] [means] to roast, [a verb coming] from fans [r(ipi/des].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκριπισθέντες· ἐξαφθέντες. ῥιπίζειν γὰρ τὸ ὀπτᾶν, ἀπὸ τῶν ῥιπίδων.

Ἐκριπισθέντες · kindled, stirred up (ε 616) · Suda

*)ekripisqe/ntes: e)cafqe/ntes. r(ipi/zein ga\r to\ o)pta=n, a)po\ tw=n r(ipi/dwn.