Πιανθήσεται

will be made fat, will be cherished

Translated by David Whitehead4 Aug 2011Vetting: high5 revisions

2 words

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πιανθήσεται.

Betacode

*pianqh/setai.

Notes

The headword -- future passive of piai/nw (cf. pi 1544, pi 1546, pi 1547, pi 1560, pi 1561), third person singular -- is undoubtedly extracted from Isaiah 58:11 LXX (where it occurs twice), a passage much quoted by Christian commentators.

Linked from5 entries

π1544Πιανάτωlet him fatten[Meaning he/she/it] will make [something] fat. "[Let the Lord fatten] your holocausts."
π1546ΠιανῶI will fatten[Meaning] I will make [something] oily/rich.
π1547Πιάνῃwould fattenAorist subjunctive.
π1560Πιαίνωνfattening, enriching, nourishing[Meaning one who is] taking care of, fostering. Aelian [writes]: "nourishing a greedy and wanton regard with evil indulgence, he thirsted to observe the rites of Pherephatte, although he was uninitiated."
π1561ΠιαίνωI fatten, I enrich, I cheer[sc. The active voice is used] with an accusative. But [the passive voice] piai/nomai ["I am fattened" is used] with a dative. "And to be enriched with kids out of [the] flocks."

Neighbouring entries

π1543Πῆχυςcubit π1544Πιανάτωlet him fatten π1545Πιανθήσεταιwill be made fat, will be cherished π1546ΠιανῶI will fatten π1547Πιάνῃwould fatten

Revision history5 revisions · last 23 May 2016

23 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2012added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
30 Sep 2011Revised — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2011x-refs — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2011expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
4 Aug 2011Translated — David Whitehead