Παροικία

sojourning

Translated by Catharine Roth20 Jan 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 18 words
[Meaning] the present life. David [sc. uses the word].1
"Because I am a foreigner [...] and a sojourner."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παροικία· ἡ παροῦσα ζωή. Δαυίδ. ὅτι πάροικος ἐγὼ καὶ παρεπίδημος.

Betacode
*paroiki/a: h( parou=sa zwh/. *daui/d. o(/ti pa/roikos e)gw\ kai\ parepi/dhmos.

Notes (2)

  1. Paroikia came to be used for a community of Christians sojourning in this world, whence eventually the English word "parish." See Lampe s.v.
  2. 1'David' is lacking, Adler reports, in mss FGVM. ↩
  3. 2Psalm 38.13 LXX, here abridged, with Theodoret's commentary thereon (PG 80, 1277a). ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 22 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. another note; tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. added keyword — Catharine Roth
  5. another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Catharine Roth

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