Ταμιεύω

I steward, I preserve

Translated by David Whitehead2 Jan 2012Vetting: high5 revisions

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[Used] with an accusative. "[...] and to purge bodies first, but to preserve a purity of soul."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ταμιεύω· αἰτιατικῇ. καὶ σώματα μὲν προκαθαίρειν, ψυχῆς δὲ κάθαρσιν ταμιεύεσθαι.

Betacode

*tamieu/w: ai)tiatikh=|. kai\ sw/mata me\n prokaqai/rein, yuxh=s de\ ka/qarsin tamieu/esqai.

The (unglossed) headword is the active voice of this verb, but the quotation given illustrates the middle voice.
cf. generally tau 61, tau 62.
1Quotation not identified by Adler, but identifiable via the TLG as Gregory of Nazianzus, In sanctum baptisma (Orations 40) PG 36.376. ↩

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