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Headword:
Λάκκος
Adler number: lambda,61
Translated headword: pit
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Death; since the grave is dug very much like a pit.
David [says]: "And I will be made like those who go down into the pit."[1] The holy Scripture is also accustomed to use this name for the great dangers: "And he led me up from the pit of wretchedness."[2]
Interpretation of a dream: to let oneself down into a pit, this [is] not good.[3]
Λάκκος: ὁ θάνατος: ἐπειδὴ λάκκῳ παραπλησίως ὁ τάφος ὀρύττεται. Δαβίδ: καὶ ὁμοιωθήσομαι τοῖς καταβαίνουσιν εἰς λάκκον. καὶ τοὺς μεγάλους κινδύνους οὕτως ἔθος ὀνομάζειν τῇ θείᾳ γραφῇ. καὶ ἀνήγαγέ με ἐκ λάκκου ταλαιπωρίας. λύσις ὀνείρου: λάκκῳ καθεῖναι σαυτὸν οὐ καλὸν τόδε.
Notes:
cf. generally
lambda 60.
[1]
Psalm 27(28).1, with Theodoret's commentary thereon (PG 80, 1057a).
[2]
Psalm 39(40).2, with Theodoret's commentary thereon (PG 80, 1152-3).
[3] From the dream interpretations, in verse, of
Astrampsychus (
alpha 4251).
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 30 December 2001@22:23:08.
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