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β266Βησᾶς ἕστηκεν οἷον ἀχανήςBesas stands as if gaping… if gaping" is part of the gloss. Besa(s) occurs in Eusebius and elsewhere as an Egyptian god.Matched in noteshighshort

β266

Βησᾶς ἕστηκεν οἷον ἀχανής

Besas stands as if gaping

This man stands gaping and rumbling and rather silly.

Βησᾶς ἕστηκεν οἷον ἀχανής· οὗτος ἕστηκεν ἀχανὴς καὶ παταγώδης καὶ ὑπόμωρος.