α4177Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ
a wineskin in a frost
David says: "I have become as a wineskin in a frost." A wineskin when heated becomes porous and when inflated it swells, but in the frost it is hardened and frozen. Thus also the nature of the body becomes complacent…
Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ· ὁ Δαβὶδ λέγει, ὅτι ἐγενήθην ὡς ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ. ὁ ἀσκὸς θερμαινόμενος χαυνοῦται καὶ φυσώμενος ἐξογκοῦται, ἐν δὲ τῇ πάχνῃ σκληρύνεται καὶ πήγνυται. οὕτω καὶ τοῦ…