Καλλιερῶ
I obtain good omens, I obtain favorable sacrificial signs
Translated by Charlie Brooks9 Dec 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
A verb. The second [sc. person singular is] kallierei=s 1; and the [related] noun kallie/rhma .2 Every sacrifice is dear to God.3 And on the one hand Christians obtain good omens at the time when they bring themselves to God having become contrite in spirit and humbled in heart. But the Greeks4 consider that they obtain good omens at the time when having sacrificed to some divinity they happen to find auspicious signs in the liver of the sacrificial victim. And they call this the "auspicious sacrifice" whenever the sacrifice is dear to the divinity because of the deceptive signs [that are] revealed.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καλλιερῶ· ῥῆμα. τὸ δεύτερον καλλιερεῖς· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα καλλιέρημα. ἔστι δὲ ἕκαστον θῦμα θεῷ φίλον. καὶ Χριστιανοὶ μὲν τότε καλλιεροῦσιν, ὅταν ἑαυτοὺς τῷ θεῷ προσαγάγωσι, πνεῦμα γεγενημένοι συντετριμμένον καὶ καρδία τεταπεινωμένη. Ἕλληνες δὲ τότε καλλιερεῖν νομίζουσιν, ὅταν δαίμονί τινι θύσαντες αἰσίων ἐπιτύχωσι σημείων ἐν τῷ ἥπατι τοῦ ἱερείου. καὶ τοῦτο καλοῦσι καλλιέρημα, ὅταν τῷ δαίμονι τὸ θῦμα ᾖ φίλον διὰ τῶν ἐπιφαινομένων ἀπατηλῶν σημείων.
Betacode
*kallierw=: r(h=ma. to\ deu/teron kallierei=s: to\ de\ o)/noma kallie/rhma. e)/sti de\ e(/kaston qu=ma qew=| fi/lon. kai\ *xristianoi\ me\n to/te kallierou=sin, o(/tan e(autou\s tw=| qew=| prosaga/gwsi, pneu=ma gegenhme/noi suntetrimme/non kai\ kardi/a tetapeinwme/nh. *(/ellhnes de\ to/te kallierei=n nomi/zousin, o(/tan dai/moni/ tini qu/santes ai)si/wn e)pitu/xwsi shmei/wn e)n tw=| h(/pati tou= i(erei/ou. kai\ tou=to kalou=si kallie/rhma, o(/tan tw=| dai/moni to\ qu=ma h)=| fi/lon dia\ tw=n e)pifainome/nwn a)pathlw=n shmei/wn.
Notes (4)
- cf. generally kappa 218. LSJ entry at web address 1. Similar entries in other lexica.
- 1That is, "[you] obtain good omens". ↩
- 2That is, "auspicious sacrifice". ↩
- 3The Etymologicum Gudianum reads more intelligibly
kallie/rhma de/ e)stin e(/kaston o(\ tw=| qew=| prosa/gousi fi/lon quma/twn "'auspicious sacrifice' is every sacrifice which they offer [that is] pleasing to God." ↩ - 4Or, "pagans." ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history7 revisions · last 13 Apr 2019
- rearranged notes — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- tweaked notes — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Charlie Brooks