Ὀργάσας
having tempered
Translated by David Whitehead23 Jul 2006Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning someone] having softened.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀργάσας· μαλάξας.
Betacode
*)orga/sas: mala/cas.
Notes
- Aorist active participle of
o)rga/zw , masculine nominative singular (cf. omega 163). Already at omicron 506; from glosses on Herodotus 4.64.2, where he is describing the Scythians' technique and process of scalping (web address 1).
Alphabetical order here would requireo)rgi/sas , which occurs in some manuscripts of Herodotus.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- μ813Μετρίως ὠργιασμένωςas kneaded moderatelyMeaning in a softened manner or in a moistened manner.
- ο506Ὀργάσαςhaving tempered[Meaning someone] having softened.
- ω163Ὠργασμένοςkneaded, temperedMeaning softened, moistened. Plato in Theaetetus [writes]: "when the wax in the soul is deep and abundant and smooth and moderately kneaded ...". But [the verb] o)rga/zein properly means to moisten the clay with the…
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