Λοιμοί
plagues, pests
Translated by David Whitehead25 Jun 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] those who not only defile themselves but also share their defilement with others.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λοιμοί· οἱ μὴ μόνον σφᾶς αὑτοὺς λυμαινόμενοι, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑτέροις τῆς λύμης μεταδιδόντες.
Betacode
*loimoi/: oi( mh\ mo/non sfa=s au(tou\s lumaino/menoi, a)lla\ kai\ e(te/rois th=s lu/mhs metadido/ntes.
Notes
- Theodoret (PG 80, 869a) on Psalm 1:1 LXX ("Blessed is he who ... did not sit in the seat of the
loimoi/ ").
For the use of the headwordloimo/s in application to people, see generally LSJ s.v. It is possible that there has been some confusion between the stems ofloimo/s andlu/mh , which were homophonous in Byzantine Greek.
cf. lambda 757, lambda 758 (and under sigma 897).
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- another x-ref — David Whitehead
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- Translated — David Whitehead