Εἴργεσθαι
to be hindered, to be stopped
Translated by David Whitehead10 Aug 2005Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to be prevented.1
The [verb]ei)/rgomai [is used] with a genitive. "For the god was persuaded, even if begrudged with the tree of knowledge somewhat hindering".2 But when applying to actives [it is used] with an accusative. "His enthusiasm repulsed those of the Bithynians who were hindering him".3
The [verb]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἴργεσθαι· κωλύεσθαι. τὸ Εἴργομαι γενικῇ. ἐπείσθη γὰρ ὁ θεός, εἰ καὶ βασκαίνεται τοῦ τῆς γνώσεως ξύλου τέως εἴργοντος. ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἐνεργητικῶν αἰτιατικῇ. ὁ δὲ ζῆλος διωθήσατο τοὺς εἴργοντας αὐτὸν Βιθυνῶν.
Betacode
*ei)/rgesqai: kwlu/esqai. to\ *ei)/rgomai genikh=|. e)pei/sqh ga\r o( qeo/s, ei) kai\ baskai/netai tou= th=s gnw/sews cu/lou te/ws ei)/rgontos. e)pi\ de\ tw=n e)nerghtikw=n ai)tiatikh=|. o( de\ zh=los diwqh/sato tou\s ei)/rgontas au)to\n *biqunw=n.
Notes (3)
- For this verb, cf. epsiloniota 180, epsiloniota 200, epsiloniota 217.
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword infinitive is presumably quoted from somewhere. ↩
- 2Quotation not identified by Adler, but a TLG search reveals it to be a garbled version of a passage in Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations 36 (PG 36.269):
e)pei/sqh ga/r, w(s qeo\s ei)=nai baskai/netai, tou= th=s gnw/sews cu/lou te/ws ei)rgo/menos ; "for he [Adam] was persuaded, that he was begrudged to be a god, being hindered until then from [access to] the tree of knowledge". ↩ - 3Quotation unidentifiable (Adler suggested Diodorus Siculus or Cassius Dio.) In any event Bernhardy advocated emending
zh=los to the proper name*zih/las (zeta 100). ↩
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Revision history7 revisions · last 16 Apr 2018
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked note again — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation and note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.2 — David Whitehead
- fixed betacode typo, added cross-references, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead