[B-Greek] Translation help needed
Scott Kennedy
dustiescott222755 at hotmail.com
Wed May 12 18:08:20 EDT 2010
This dictionary is quite interesting for its etymology of the word stauros especially under STAUROUS. Not sure if I believe it, but here's the translation.
<STAUROI> (Pointed stakes/pales): Sharpened wooden poles stuck in the ground, fence pales, and all (kinds of) of standing wooden beams. From hESTANAI (to be standing)
<STAUROUS>From EIS THN AURAN hISTASTHAI (To be set up in the wind)
Note: Apparently the author is implying that that the word is a blending of the typical aorist ST- root of hISTHMI and the word AURA breeze
<STAUROTYPWS (with the form of a cross)> STAUROEIDWS (cross shaped)
These two are effectively two adjectives to say the same thing. There is not really much of a distinction between the two.
<STAUROU (present middle/passive imperative command 2nd sing: Be fenced with pales/crucify!)> STAURWSON (2nd sing imperative aorist active: Fence with pales/Crucify)
The imperative STAUROU is very strange. I've never come accross it. The main grammatical distinction that our compiler has left out is STAUROU should not require a direct object because of it being middle/passive, but STAURWSON really does need one.
I hope this helps!
Best Regards,
Scott Kennedy
> Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 20:14:43 +0100
> From: mamba2001 at googlemail.com
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [B-Greek] Translation help neede
>
> Can I ask you to translate this tekst from "Hesychii Alexandini Lexicon":
>
> <σταυροί>· οἱ καταπεπηγότες σκόλοπες, χάρακες, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἑστῶτα
>
> ξύλα, ἀπὸ τοῦ <ἑστάναι>
> *<σταυρούς>· ἐκ τοῦ εἰς τὴν αὔραν ἵστασθαι <σταυροτύπως>· σταυροειδῶς
> <σταύρου>·
> σταύρωσον <STAUROI> OI KATAPEPHGOTES SKOLOPES, CHARAKES, KAI PANTA TA ESTWTA
>
> XULA, APO TOU <ESTANAI>
>
> <STAUROUS> EK TOU EIS THN AURAN ISTASTHAI
>
> <STAUROTUPWS> STAUROEIDWS
>
> <STAUROU> STAUPWSON
>
> Thank you
> Alan
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