Θρησκεύει
worships
Translated by Ryan Stone2 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] venerates god(s), serves the gods.1
For it is said that Orpheus the Thracian was the first to prescribe the Greeks' mysteries. And honouring a god they calledqrhskeu/ein ["to worship"'], the invention being Thracian. Or from beholding god [qeo\n derkeu/ein ], which is to see [god].2
For it is said that Orpheus the Thracian was the first to prescribe the Greeks' mysteries. And honouring a god they called
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θρησκεύει· αἰτιατικῇ. θεοσεβεῖ, ὑπηρετεῖ τοῖς θεοῖς. λέγεται γὰρ ὡς Ὀρφεὺς Θρᾷξ πρῶτος τεχνολογῆσαι τὰ Ἑλλήνων μυστήρια. καὶ τὸ τιμᾶν θεὸν θρησκεύειν ἐκάλεσαν, ὡς Θρᾳκίας οὔσης τῆς εὑρέσεως. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεὸν δερκεύειν, ὅ ἐστιν ὁρᾶν.
Betacode
*qrhskeu/ei: ai)tiatikh=|. qeosebei=, u(phretei= toi=s qeoi=s. le/getai ga\r w(s *)orfeu\s *qra=|c prw=tos texnologh=sai ta\ *(ellh/nwn musth/ria. kai\ to\ tima=n qeo\n qrhskeu/ein e)ka/lesan, w(s *qra|ki/as ou)/shs th=s eu(re/sews. h)\ a)po\ tou= qeo\n derkeu/ein, o(/ e)stin o(ra=n.
Notes (2)
- See also theta 487, theta 488.
- 1Same or similar glossing (minus the grammatical point) in other lexica; see the references at Photius theta218 Theodoridis. The headword must be quoted from somewhere. ↩
- 2ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.69 (on Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36.1021b). For Orpheus see omicron 654. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 21 Dec 2014
- tweaked a note; added a keyword — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes, added keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone