Πυράφλεκτος

fire-scorched

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Sep 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 54 words
When it means the marvel concerning the Mother of God, it is pronounced pura/flektos, as in the verse "fire-scorched bush on the mountain."1 But when it means the burning Chaldean furnace, it is given as puri/flektos, as in the verse "long ago the youths showed the fire-scorched furnace [to be a place] shedding dew."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πυράφλεκτος· ὅτε δηλοῖ τὸ περὶ τὴν θεοτόκον θαῦμα λέγεται πυράφλεκτος· ὡς ἐν τῷ, βάτος ἐν ὄρει πυράφλεκτος. ὅτε δὲ τὴν ἐξαφθεῖσαν Χαλδαϊκὴν κάμινον, λέγεται πυρίφλεκτος· ὡς ἐν τῷ, κάμινον παῖδες πυρίφλεκτον πάλαι δροσοβολοῦσαν ἀπέδειξαν.

Betacode
*pura/flektos: o(/te dhloi= to\ peri\ th\n qeoto/kon qau=ma le/getai pura/flektos: w(s e)n tw=|, ba/tos e)n o)/rei pura/flektos. o(/te de\ th\n e)cafqei=san *xaldai+kh\n ka/minon, le/getai puri/flektos: w(s e)n tw=|, ka/minon pai=des puri/flekton pa/lai drosobolou=san a)pe/deican.

Notes (2)

  1. Discussion of variant spellings of a compound adjective, repeated at pi 3223. Adler (who reports that the entry is lacking in mss AFV) attributes both quotations to 'the Byzantine age'. See further below.
  2. 1Canon 23 for August 20, ode 7 (Analecta Hymnica Graeca). Compare Exodus 3.2 LXX. The burning bush is traditionally regarded as a type of the Mother of God. ↩
  3. 2On the Babylonian furnace, see e.g. beta 11. ↩

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π3193Πυράνδρου μηχανήματαPyrrandros' devices, Pyrrander's devicesπ3194Πυραύστου μόρονmoth's fateπ3195Πυράφλεκτοςfire-scorchedπ3196Πυργαῖοςtower-like; Pyrgaios, Pyrgaeusπ3197Πυργηδόνtower-wise, in a solid mass
Revision history3 revisions · last 25 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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