Ζωοδότης

lifegiver

Translated by A. G. Kozak10 Oct 1999Vetting: high4 revisions

9 words

Translation

[Meaning] the good God who gives life to all.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ζωοδότης· ὁ ζωὴν πᾶσι διδοὺς ἀγαθὸς θεός.

Betacode
*zwodo/ths: o( zwh\n pa=si didou\s a)gaqo\s qeo/s. 

Notes

  1. cf. already zeta 145. The authentic masculine equivalent of zwodo/teira is zwodoth/r (attested in an Orphic fragment), but zwodo/ths, as here, is a synonym more commonly used in patristic Greek: see Lampe s.v.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 30 Nov 2012
  1. another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
  2. removed link — Catharine Roth
  3. cosmetics, augmented note — Catharine Roth
  4. added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — A. G. Kozak

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