Ὀστᾶ
bones
Translated by David Whitehead24 May 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] reasonings, figuratively [expressed]; since bones keep the spirit confined, and they carry the creature.1
Also attested is the [singular] formo)ste/on , [which is the same as] o)stou=n .
Also attested is the [singular] form
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀστᾶ· τροπικῶς οἱ λογισμοί· ἐπειδὴ τὰ ὀστᾶ στεγανωτέραν ἔχουσι φύσιν, καὶ αὐτὰ φέρει τὸ ζῷον. λέγεται καὶ Ὀστέον, ὀστοῦν.
Betacode
*)osta=: tropikw=s oi( logismoi/: e)peidh\ ta\ o)sta= steganwte/ran e)/xousi fu/sin, kai\ au)ta\ fe/rei to\ zw=|on. le/getai kai\ *)oste/on, o)stou=n.
Notes (1)
- For this headword cf. omicron 709.
- 1Theodoret (PG 80, 904a, cf. 1108c) on Psalm 6.3 LXX ("heal me, o Lord, for my bones are vexed"). ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Feb 2021
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
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- x-ref — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead