ε902Ἔλουσεν
washed
Meaning [he/she/it] baptized. "Belisarios washed the Eunomian with the holy bath, and taking him up with his own hands he made him his adopted son, as the custom is to adopt among Christians."
Ἔλουσεν· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐβάπτισεν. τὸν δὲ Εὐνομιανὸν ἔλουσε Βελισάριος τὸ θεῖον λουτρόν, χερσὶ δὲ οἰκείαις ἀνελόμενος εἰσποίητον ἐποιήσατο παῖδα, ᾗπερ εἰσποιεῖσθαι Χριστιανοῖς νόμος.
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