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Headword: Ἐξάγιστος
Adler number: epsilon,1509
Translated headword: accursed
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Impure, or wicked.[1]
"He avoided falsehood like any other of the accursed [actions]."[2]
And elsewhere: "... because of the accursed pleasure. Once and for all, every effeminate man has styled hair."[3]
Greek Original:
Ἐξάγιστος: ἀκάθαρτος, ἢ πονηρός. ὁ δὲ τὸ ψεῦδος ἀπεστρέφετο καθάπερ ἄλλο τι τῶν ἐξαγίστων. καὶ αὖθις: διὰ τὴν ἐξάγιστον ἡδονὴν καθάπαξ οἱ θηλυδρίαι τριχοπλάσται πάντες εἰσίν.
Notes:
[1] Adjective from the verb ἐξαγίζω ; cf. epsilon 1510. Similarly glossed in Hesychius and other lexica.
[2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.47 Zintzen (23 Asmus).
[3] Synesius, Encomium of Baldness PG 66.1204a: quoted also at theta 335 and theta 381.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; rhetoric
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 28 May 2007@22:30:09.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 29 May 2007@03:22:30.
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