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14 entries for Origen

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γ452ΓρηγόριοςGregorios, Gregorius, Gregory… Slusser. [1] For Athenodorus see briefly under alpha 734. [2] Origen of Alexandria: omega 182, omega 183. [3] English translations of the Panegyric on Origen and the Metaphrase of Ecclesiastes from the Ante-Nicene Fathers …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4647ἈφρικανόςAfricanus… Jesus) was made by Africanus himself in a letter to Origen (for whom see omega 182).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1921Ἐπαγωγήintroduction, allurement, induction, captivity… Monk, Chronicon 456.18-20, quoted more fully at omega 183. For Origen of Alexandria see generally omega 182 & omega 183.Matched in noteshighshort

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Gregorios, Gregorius, Gregory

[Gregory,] also [called] Theodore, the Wonderworker, bishop of Neocaesarea in Pontus. As a quite young man, for the sake of education in Greek and Roman literature he went from Cappadocia to Berytos [Beirut] and from…

Γρηγόριος, ὁ καὶ Θεόδωρος, ὁ Θαυματουργὸς, Νεοκαισαρείας τῆς ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ ἐπίσκοπος, νέος κομιδῇ διὰ τὴν παίδευσιν Ἑλληνικῶν τε καὶ Ῥωμαϊκῶν γραμμάτων ἀπὸ τῆς Καππαδοκίας εἰς…

ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… by Rufinus Tyrannius (Rufinus of Aquileia). For Suda entries on Origen see omega 182, omega 183. [8] (cf. delta 157.) The manuscripts of this work extend only to Psalm 118. The Suda notes Eusebian …Matched in noteshighmedium

α12ἈββακούμHabakkuk, Abbakoum, Avvakoum… from older onomastica; the same etymology is found in the Origenistic lexicon (see bibliography). [1] See already alpha 10. The Hebrew/Aramaic אבּא abba means "father". [2] The Hebrew/Aramaic קום kūm means "arise"; it can …Matched in noteshighshort

α734ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, Athenodorus… Gregory and Athenodorus are also mentioned in the entry on Origen [omega 182].Matched in noteshighshort

α1640ἈμμώνιοςAmmonios, Ammonius… taught the most prominent Neoplatonists, both pagan (Plotinus) and Christian (Origen: see the beginning of omega 182). See web address 1 below (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy), and cf. sigma 33 (end). [1] 'The nickname …Matched in noteshighshort

β252ΒηθανίαBethany… Jordan, where John was baptizing." The issue is discussed by Origen in his Commentaries on the Gospel of John 6.40.Matched in noteshighshort

ε219Ἔδειρανthey flayed… epsiloniota. The only independent attestation of e)/dhran itself is in Origen's Scholia on Matthew (PG 17.301.5-7): profh=tai, oi(=s to\n me/n e)/dhran, w(s *Mixai/an, pata/cantos e)pi\ siago/na *Sedeki/ou, to\n de\ a)pe/kteinan, w(s *Zaxari/an. (This episode …Matched in noteshighshort

ε542Ἑκούσιαvoluntary… Psalm 67:10 LXX according to the various versions included in Origen's Hexapla, with different Greek words for "rain." [3] The feminine can be e(kou/sios or e(kousi/a: see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… Julian PG 35.592.14; Epistle 32 to Philagrius 10.2; Celsus in Origen, Against Celsus 3.368) or by a "tyrant of Macedonia" (thus Nonnus PG 36.933; Cosmas of Jerusalem PG 38.532). These accounts show a rather …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2501Ἐπιούσιος ἄρτοςdaily bread, essential bread… already by the Church Fathers. The gloss here agrees with Origen's interpretation (PG 11.509c), making the word refer to the bread (in its spiritual sense, as used by Jesus) that is "for" (e)pi/) our …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2731Ἐπιτρῖψαιto crush, to wear out… may not render the psalmist's exact meaning. See for instance Origen, Fragmenta in Psalmos 92.3-4 for an explanation: the church is carried away by the rivers as the eroded earth.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3139ἘσθήρEsther… 272.2ff.; Hippolytus Comm. in Danielem 3.20.5 and the allusion in Origen, Exhortatio ad martyrium 33. [7] *)anakwxh\ is a rather rare word, with the basic meaning of "cessation", or even "hindrance" (cf. alpha 1913, …Matched in noteshighmedium