Πεπιλημένη

compact, compacted

Translated by William Hutton20 Sep 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 21 words

[Meaning] constrained.¹
Josephus [writes]: "swarthy, lean in body, compact in flesh; but a certain heroic spirit dwelt in his tiny body."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πεπιλημένη· συνεσφιγμένη. Ἰώσηπος· μέλας, τὸ σῶμα ἰσχνός, τὴν σάρκα πεπιλημένος· ἀλλ' ἐνῴκει τις ἡρωϊκὴ ψυχὴ λεπτῷ σώματι.

Betacode

*pepilhme/nh: sunesfigme/nh. *)iw/shpos: me/las, to\ sw=ma i)sxno/s, th\n sa/rka pepilhme/nos: a)ll' e)nw/|kei tis h(rwi+kh\ yuxh\ leptw=| sw/mati.

1= Synagoge, Photius pi602 Theodoridis. The headword -- perfect middle/passive participle, feminine nominative singular, of pile/w (cf. pi 1596) -- is evidently quoted from somewhere (but not from the quotation given, where the corresponding masculine form of the word appears); perhaps Gregory of Nyssa, who uses it of the heart. ↩
2Josephus, Jewish War 6.55 (here slightly abridged), describing a Syrian soldier in the army of Titus named Sabinus. See web address 1. ↩

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