Ὅπλα φωτός

armour of light

Translated by David Whitehead4 May 2003Vetting: high7 revisions

11 words

Translation

The Apostle [uses this phrase], [meaning] the workings of the virtues.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὅπλα φωτός· ὁ Ἀπόστολος, αἱ τῶν ἀρετῶν ἐργασίαι.

Betacode
*(/opla fwto/s: o( *)apo/stolos, ai( tw=n a)retw=n e)rgasi/ai. 

Notes

  1. Exegesis of Romans 13:12: 'let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light'.
    More briefly in the Synagoge and Photius' Lexicon (omicron405 Theodoridis, with other references there).

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Revision history7 revisions · last 20 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. coding — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. still more keywords — David Whitehead
  5. another keyword — David Whitehead
  6. another keyword — David Whitehead
  7. set status — William Hutton
  8. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“armour of light.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 4 May 2003. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/omicron/462>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/omicron/462>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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