Θρόμβος

drop, lump

Translated by Ryan Stone1 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 32 words
In taking on humanity, the divine nature meets with great agony, so as to sweat drops of blood.1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] qro/mboi a(lw=n ["lumps of salt"], [meaning] coarse salt.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θρόμβος. εἰς τοσαύτην ἀγωνίαν συνεχώρησεν ἡ θεία φύσις τὴν ἀνθρωπείαν λαβεῖν, ὡς ἱδρῶσαι αἵματος θρόμβους. καὶ Θρόμβοι ἁλῶν, παχεῖς ἅλες.

Betacode
*qro/mbos. ei)s tosau/thn a)gwni/an sunexw/rhsen h( qei/a fu/sis th\n a)nqrwpei/an labei=n, w(s i(drw=sai ai(/matos qro/mbous. kai\ *qro/mboi a(lw=n, paxei=s a(/les.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Theodoret (PG 80.1272) on the phrase 'drops of blood' in Luke 22.44 (web address 1). ↩
  2. 2cf. chi 391. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

θ504Θριπήδεστονworm-eatenθ505Θρίσσαthrissaθ506Θρόμβοςdrop, lumpθ507ΘρόνιονThronion, Throniumθ508Θρόνοςthrone
Revision history5 revisions · last 16 Dec 2018
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — David Whitehead
  3. tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. another keyword; x-ref — David Whitehead
  5. tweaks, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — Ryan Stone

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