Προσωπεῖον

mask

Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝7 Jul 2003Vetting: high7 revisions

4 notes · 41 words
[Meaning a] disguise.1
'Face' [pro/swpon] in reference to God [is] his appearance.2 David [says]: "the face of the Lord [is] against those doing evil."3 [sc. It also means] the deliverance of [= from] evil things and the abundance of good things.4

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προσωπεῖον· πρόσχημα. Πρόσωπον ἐπὶ θεοῦ ἡ ἐπιφάνεια αὐτοῦ. Δαβίδ· πρόσωπον δὲ κυρίου ἐπὶ ποιοῦντας κακά. καὶ ἡ λύσις τῶν πονηρῶν καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἡ χορηγία.

Betacode
*proswpei=on: pro/sxhma. *pro/swpon e)pi\ qeou= h( e)pifa/neia au)tou=. *dabi/d: pro/swpon de\ kuri/ou e)pi\ poiou=ntas kaka/. kai\ h( lu/sis tw=n ponhrw=n kai\ tw=n a)gaqw=n h( xorhgi/a.

Notes (4)

  1. The entry begins with the neuter noun proswpei=on but then shifts to pro/swpon.
  2. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi1391 Theodoridis. ↩
  3. 2cf. Theodoret (PG 80.1084d) on Psalm 30:21 LXX. ↩
  4. 3Psalm 33:17 LXX. ↩
  5. 4A misquotation (for ponhrw=n read luphrw=n) of Theodoret (PG 80.1864a) on Psalm 118:135 LXX. ↩

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Revision history7 revisions · last 1 Dec 2021
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. codings — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. more keywords — David Whitehead
  6. more keywords — David Whitehead
  7. modified translation; added notes — David Whitehead
  8. Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝

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