[B-Greek] EPODHGEI

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun Mar 2 05:48:14 EST 2008


On Mar 1, 2008, at 11:41 PM, jlitteral5 at adelphia.net wrote:

>  I have run onto a word that I am not familar with.  It is found in  
> Theodoret's commentary of Jonah, here is the context..    EPODHGEI  
> PROS SWTHRIAN
>
> Thank you!

This probably ought to be EFODHGEI ... it's pretty clearly a compound  
of EP(I) and hODHGEW, and its meaning is pretty clearly "leads the  
way ... " or "sets one on his/her way ... " (EPI: "on, onto" +  
hOD(OS): "road, path, way" + hHGEOMAI: "lead, guide."


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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