Προσψαύσασαι

touching

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Dec 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

10 words

"[...] the flesh of the martyr [touching] the fire [...]".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προσψαύσασαι αἱ σάρκες τοῦ μάρτυρος τῷ πυρί.

Betacode

*prosyau/sasai ai( sa/rkes tou= ma/rturos tw=| puri/.

Notes

From Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of Saints Eulampius and Eulampia; again at psi 30 (though with 'saint' there).
The headword (which is simply the first Greek word of the quoted phrase) is aorist active participle of prosyau/w, feminine nominative plural (sic: 'flesh' is here plural).

Linked from1 entry

ψ30Ψαύειtouches[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he/she/it] takes hold of. "Let him not touch [her] in any way, as [she is] the living receptacle of God." "But the flesh of the saint touching the fire [...]."

Neighbouring entries

π2856ΠροσχωρῶI approach, I go to, I join π2857Πρόσχωροιproschoroi, neighbors π2858Προσψαύσασαιtouching π2859ΠροταλαιπωρῶI suffer for, I suffer on behalf of π2860Προταμώνhaving cut off beforehand

Revision history3 revisions · last 16 Jul 2023

16 Jul 2023expanded note — Catharine Roth
20 Oct 2013expanded note; tweking — David Whitehead
22 Dec 2005Revised — David Whitehead
22 Dec 2005Translated — Catharine Roth