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Headword:
*)enexw/roun
Adler number: epsilon,1289
Translated headword: they were giving way
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "The priests [of the Christians], struck with fear, were dumbfounded and were giving way to her, all of them". Meaning they were yielding.
Greek Original:*)enexw/roun: oi( de\ i(erei=s katapeplhgme/noi tw=| de/ei e)ci/stanto kai\ e)nexw/roun au)th=| a(/pantes. a)nti\ tou= sunexw/roun.
Note:
An approximation and light abridgement of
Procopius,
Secret History 3.26 (web address 1), on Theodora; cf. Kaldellis (17). (The final word should be neuter plural: "were giving way to her in everything".) The verb extracted from it, to become the present headword, is third person plural imperfect of
e)gxwre/w. On Theodora, see
alpha 956 note.
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; Christianity; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; religion; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 20 October 2005@01:21:03.
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