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Headword: $10Ἀγριωπός
Adler number: alpha,362
Translated headword: wild-eyed
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"The wild-eyed, uncontrollably boastful."[1] He is speaking of sin. From ὤψ , [genitive] ὠπός , which means the eye; that is, the shameless and wild [kind].
Greek Original:
Ἀγριωπός: τὴν ἀγριωπὸν ἀκρατῶς γαυρουμένην. λέγει δὲ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν. ἐκ τοῦ ὤψ ὠπός, ὃ σημαίνει τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν, τουτέστιν ἡ ἀναιδὴς καὶ ἄγριος.
Note:
[1] A line from from one of the Iambic Canons of St. John Damascene (1.96 Nauck).
Keywords: Christianity; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery; religion
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 28 August 1998@16:47:31.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 13 February 2001@05:36:17.
David Whitehead (typo and other cosmetics) on 14 April 2004@08:37:35.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 8 January 2012@09:15:08.
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