Ὑπέκκαυμα

fuel

Translated by Ioannis Doukas2 Aug 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 29 words
[Meaning] the material of fire, its food.1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] tw=n paqw=n u(pekkau/mata ["fuels of the passions"]2, [meaning] the foods of passions, which nourish the passions.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπέκκαυμα· ἡ ὕλη τῆς φλογός, ἡ τροφή. καὶ Τῶν παθῶν ὑπεκκαύματα, αἱ τροφαὶ τῶν παθῶν, αἳ τρέφουσι τὰ πάθη.

Betacode
*(upe/kkauma: h( u(/lh th=s flogo/s, h( trofh/. kai\ *tw=n paqw=n u(pekkau/mata, ai( trofai\ tw=n paqw=n, ai(\ tre/fousi ta\ pa/qh.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword, a neuter noun, occurs as a gloss (in the plural) under epsilon 1143. ↩
  2. 2For this phrase Adler compares Gregory of Nazianzus, In laudem Cypriani PG 35.1181.18. See also Origen, Expositio in Proverbia 17.245.39; and John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 5.9.8. ↩

Neighbouring entries

υ184Ὑπεζωσμένοςundergirdedυ185Ὑπέθραττεwas stirring up, was troublingυ186Ὑπέκκαυμαfuelυ187Ὑπεκίνειwas urging onυ188ὙπεκλαλῶI out-chatter
Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics, keywords, status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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