Κροτήσατε

clap

Translated by William Hutton19 Feb 2009Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 13 words
[Meaning] signify approval with your hands.1
"For clapping [is characteristic] of the victorious."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κροτήσατε· ἐπαινέσατε ταῖς χερσί. νενικηκότων γὰρ ὁ κρότος.

Betacode
*kroth/sate: e)paine/sate tai=s xersi/. nenikhko/twn ga\r o( kro/tos.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword is an aorist active imperative, second person plural, a form attested only in Psalms 46:1 LXX (47:1 RSV) and in commentaries and quotations thereof. See also alpha 1059.
  2. 1Thus far the entry = Synagoge and Photius (Lexicon); cf. Hesychius kappa4211. ↩
  3. 2Theodoret (PG 80.1664), commenting on the occurrence of a different form of the verb, kroth/sousi, in a different Psalm: 97:8 LXX (98:8 RSV)). In this quotation Theodoret uses not the verb but the related noun kro/tos. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 12 Feb 2020
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. cosmeticules, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — William Hutton

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