Ὑποσμύχουσα
causing to smoulder away, consuming slowly
Translated by Ioannis Doukas1 Aug 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning she who/that which is] kindling inside, burning below, distressing, subduing.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑποσμύχουσα· ἐνδιερεθίζουσα, ὑποκαίουσα, θλίβουσα, καταπονοῦσα.
Betacode
*(uposmu/xousa: e)ndiereqi/zousa, u(pokai/ousa, qli/bousa, kataponou=sa.
Notes
- The headword is the present active participle, feminine nominative singular, of the verb
u(posmu/xw . Identically glossed in Photius (upsilon243 Theodoriidis) and other lexica, including the Etymologicum Magnum, where it is identified as a rhetorical word; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum s.v.u(posmi/xousa .
Examples of the word in this precise form are almost entirely confined to lexicography; perhaps, therefore, generated by one of the several instances, in the corresponding accusative case, in Christian writers (e.g. three in Gregory of Nyssa, two in John of Damascus; and see also the poet George of Pisidia, On the Persian Expedition 2.193).
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 May 2016
- codings — David Whitehead
- expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- modified headword; augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas