Πληρῶ

I fill

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Apr 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 33 words
[Used] with an accusative. As in, "it filled the [whole] house, where they were sitting."1 But plhrou=mai ["I am filled"] [is used] with a genitive: "his sight is filled with darkness and whirling."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πληρῶ· αἰτιατικῇ. ὡς τό, ἐπλήρωσε τὸν οἶκον, οὗ ἦσαν καθήμενοι. πληροῦμαι δὲ γενικῇ· σκότου καὶ δίνης πληροῦται τὰς ὄψεις.

Betacode
*plhrw=: ai)tiatikh=|. w(s to/, e)plh/rwse to\n oi)=kon, ou(= h)=san kaqh/menoi. plhrou=mai de\ genikh=|: sko/tou kai\ di/nhs plhrou=tai ta\s o)/yeis.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Acts of the Apostles 2.2. ↩
  2. 2Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as coming from Gregory of Nazianzus, oration 43 [Funeral Oration for Basil] ch. 52.2. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π1758Πλῆντοthey were filledπ1759Πλήρηςfullπ1760ΠληρῶI fillπ1761Πληρώματαcrews, complementsπ1762Πληρωτήςfiller
Revision history5 revisions · last 5 Jul 2014
  1. typo, coding — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. source identification; another keyword — David Whitehead
  5. augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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