Ζητητηρίων ὄργανα

tools of inquisitions

Translated by David Whitehead15 May 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 21 words
[Meaning] torture-instruments.1 "They brought up fire and the [sc. other] tools of the inquisitions; and he declared what had been done".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ζητητηρίων ὄργανα· τὰ βασανιστήρια. οἱ δὲ προσάγουσι πῦρ καὶ τὰ τῶν ζητητηρίων ὄργανα. ὁ δὲ τὰ πραχθέντα ἐξεῖπεν.

Betacode
*zhththri/wn o)/rgana: ta\ basanisth/ria. oi( de\ prosa/gousi pu=r kai\ ta\ tw=n zhththri/wn o)/rgana. o( de\ ta\ praxqe/nta e)cei=pen.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword phrase, neuter plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given, given that zhthth/rion is attested only here before the 15th century.
  2. 1cf. alpha 3944. ↩
  3. 2Quotation unidentifiable. ↩

Neighbouring entries

ζ91Ζητήσεταιwill be soughtζ92Ζητηταίinvestigatorsζ93Ζητητηρίων ὄργαναtools of inquisitionsζ94Ζητρεῖονtreadmillζ95Ζητῶν γὰρ ὄψον θοἰμάτιον ἀπώλεσαfor when searching for relish I lost my cloak
Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Jun 2018
  1. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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