Προκατεύχομαί σου
I pray beforehand for you, I pray beforehand over you
Translated by Ronald Allen6 Jun 2013Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[no gloss]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προκατεύχομαί σου.
Betacode
*prokateu/xomai/ sou.
Notes
- For the (rare) headword verb
prokateu/xomai see generally LSJ s.v. The present entry on it belongs in the category of Suda entries which make claims about the syntactical usage of verbs -- in this instance, its governing of the genitive case (likewise in Syntacticum Laurentianum pi59.7-8) -- implicitly rather than explicitly. (Contrast e.g. pi 2458.)
That the Suda's pronoun appears to presuppose such praying for a person need not always apply: witness Josephus, Jewish War 2.141,prokateu/xetai d' o( i(ereu\s th=s trofh=s "the priest prays in advance over the meal" (about the Essenes).
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 24 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- modifed hw, note, keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen