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Headword:
*decia\
kuri/ou
Adler number: delta,225
Translated headword: right hand of the Lord
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A phrase meaning] influence from above and good activity in the holy scripture.[1]
The ancient [writers] used to call wise things
dexia ["dexterous things; things on the right hand side"], but stupid things
aristera ["sinister things; things on the left hand side"].
Sophocles [writes]: "for never from your own mind did you walk [so far] toward the sinister, o child of Telamon."[2]
*decia\ kuri/ou: h( a)/nwqen r(oph\ kai\ h( a)gaqh\ e)ne/rgeia para\ th=| qei/a| grafh=|. *decia\ e)/legon oi( palaioi\ ta\ suneta/, a)ristera\ de\ ta\ mwra/. *sofoklh=s: ou)/pote ga\r fre/noqe/n g' e)p' a)ristera/, pai= *telamw=nos, e)/bhs.
Notes:
[1] Theodoret (PG.80, 1813b = 1584a) on
Psalm 117:15-16
LXX. Here the first element of the headword phrase is feminine nominative singular, with
xei/r ("hand") understood.
[2]
Sophocles,
Ajax 183-4 (web address 1 below), with scholion; cf. also
alpha 3901 and
phi 704. In this passage,
de/cia is neuter nominative plural.
Web address 1
Keywords: Christianity; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery; mythology; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 29 July 2002@10:14:26.
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