α2394Ἀνεῖτο δὲ αὐτῷ ἡ κόμη καὶ ποτὸν ὕδωρ ἦν
his hair was left free and his drink was water
["Was left free"] meaning was loosed. [Josephus] says [this] about Samuel the prophet. But a)nei=to [in another sense] means he/she/it was dedicated. "Since Narses, the general of Italy, combined sense with great deeds…
Ἀνεῖτο δὲ αὐτῷ ἡ κόμη, καὶ ποτὸν ὕδωρ ἦν· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπολελυμένη ἦν. περὶ Σαμουὴλ τοῦ προφήτου φησίν. Ἀνεῖτο δέ, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνέκειτο. ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ Ναρσῆς, ὁ τῆς Ἰταλίας στρατηγὸς, ἐς…