Μονόκερως

one-horn, unicorn

Translated by Catharine Roth21 Dec 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 34 words
An animal, which from its nature had one horn.1 Thus also those who are raised of [ = in] piety honor one godhead. David [says]: "and my horn shall be exalted like the unicorn's."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μονόκερως· ζῷον, ὃ παρὰ τῆς φύσεως ἓν κέρας ἔλαβεν. οὕτω καὶ οἱ τῆς εὐσεβείας τρόφιμοι μίαν προσκυνοῦσι θεότητα. Δαβίδ· καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὡς μονοκέρωτος τὸ κέρας μου.

Betacode
*mono/kerws: zw=|on, o(\ para\ th=s fu/sews e(\n ke/ras e)/laben. ou(/tw kai\ oi( th=s eu)sebei/as tro/fimoi mi/an proskunou=si qeo/thta. *dabi/d: kai\ u(ywqh/setai w(s monoke/rwtos to\ ke/ras mou.

Notes (2)

  1. 1LSJ entry at web address 1: glossed as "wild ox". ↩
  2. 2Psalm 91.11 LXX, with Theodoret's commentary thereon (PG 80, 1620b). For the interpretation of "horn", see kappa 1368. ↩

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μ1226Μονόζωνοιsingle-beltersμ1227Μονοείμοναwith only one garmentμ1228Μονόκερωςone-horn, unicornμ1229Μονοκρήπιδιto the one with a single sandalμ1230Μονόλοπαsingle-coated [ones]
Revision history5 revisions · last 13 Sep 2020
  1. tweaked translation and link — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  5. augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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