Σεβίσαι
to worship, to honor
Translated by Catharine Roth18 Oct 2013Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Meaning to bless.1 Aristophanes [writes]: "mine is easily trusting to worship divinities." That is, I am easily trusting in regards to singing hymns to the god and blessing [him]."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σεβίσαι· ἀντὶ τοῦ εὐλογῆσαι. Ἀριστοφάνης· εὐπίστως δὲ τοὐμὸν δαίμονας ἔχει σεβίσαι. τουτέστιν εὐπίστως ἔχω πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ὑμνῆσαι καὶ εὐλογῆσαι.
Betacode
*sebi/sai: a)nti\ tou= eu)logh=sai. *)aristofa/nhs: eu)pi/stws de\ tou)mo\n dai/monas e)/xei sebi/sai. toute/stin eu)pi/stws e)/xw pro\s to\n qeo\n u(mnh=sai kai\ eu)logh=sai.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the aorist active infinitive of
sebi/zw ; cf. sigma 175, sigma 178. ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 105 (from a lyric passage: web address 1), with scholion. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- σ175Σέβαςawe, reverence[Meaning] honor, astonishment. But in Callimachus [it means] a marvel. "I have this marvel." Also [sc. attested is] sebi/sai ["to worship"], meaning to bless.
- σ178Σεβαστόςaugust[Meaning] venerable. Also [sc. attested is] sebi/zei ["he/she/it honors"], [meaning] venerates. Also [sc. attested is its aorist infinitive] sebi/sai ["to show honor"], [meaning] to bless. Aristophanes [writes]: "my…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 22 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth