Παρώτρυναν

they urged on

Translated by Catharine Roth3 Jul 2011Vetting: high6 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] they provoked.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παρώτρυναν· παρώξυναν.

Betacode

*parw/trunan: parw/cunan.

Same entry in other lexica; references at Photius pi463 Theodoridis. The headword is aorist active of parotru/nw, third person plural. It is taken to be quoted from Acts of the Apostles 13.50 (given the commentary thereto), but cf. also e.g. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 7.118.

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