Θύϊνα

citron-wood

Translated by David Whitehead17 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 38 words

In the time of the emperor Zeno¹ there was a discovery, in Cyprus, of the remains of Barnabas the apostle, Paul's fellow-traveller. And placed on the chest of Barnabas was the gospel of Matthew, with covers² of citron-wood.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θύϊνα· ἐπὶ Ζήνωνος βασιλέως εὑρέθη ἐν Κύπρῳ τὸ λείψανον Βαρνάβα τοῦ ἀποστόλου, τοῦ συνεκδήμου Παύλῳ. ἔκειτο δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος Βαρνάβα τὸ κατὰ Ματθαῖον εὐαγγέλιον, ἔχον πτυχία θύϊνα.

Betacode

*qu/i+na: e)pi\ *zh/nwnos basile/ws eu(re/qh e)n *ku/prw| to\ lei/yanon *barna/ba tou= a)posto/lou, tou= sunekdh/mou *pau/lw|. e)/keito de\ e)pi\ to\ sth=qos *barna/ba to\ kata\ *matqai=on eu)agge/lion, e)/xon ptuxi/a qu/i+na.

Notes (3)

Theodorus Anagnostes PG 86, 184b.
1474-491 (zeta 83, zeta 84). ↩
2LSJ s.v. ptu/xion does not illustrate this precise sense of the word, but it seems called for here. ↩
3cf. theta 590. ↩

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θ590Θύονcitron-wood"The Rhodians used to [or: sought to] extract tribute from the kings. For Massana sent them 30 talents of ivory, and 50 of citron-wood, for preparing the statues they had voted to prepare."

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θ539Θυίαgrinding-cup θ540Θυίδιονmini-mortar θ541Θύϊναcitron-wood θ542Θυΐσκηcenser θ543Θύλακοςbag, sack

Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Jan 2013

7 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
11 Mar 2010tweaked tr and added another note, at the prompting of Prof Robert Kraft — David Whitehead
19 Aug 2007augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
17 Aug 2007added cross-reference, set status — Catharine Roth
17 Aug 2007Translated — David Whitehead

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