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Headword:
Hedra
Adler number: epsilon,263
Translated headword: backside, rectum, rump, seat
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Also[1] the [sc. anal] sphincter in humans.
And this says the prophet: "and he crushed his enemies in the hindquarters," signifying damage to the rectum; but he said this more decently by saying, in the hindquarters.[2]
Hedrai is a name for saddles, settles, privies.[3]
Greek Original:Hedra: kai ho sphinktêr tôn anthrôpôn. kai touto phêsin ho prophêtês: kai epataxe tous echthrous autou eis ta opisô, tês hedras to pathos sêmainousa: semnoteron de touto eirêken eipôn, eis ta opisô. hoti hedrai legontai hai sellai, sellaria, sôtêria.
Notes:
[1] This implies a connection with the preceeding entry,
epsilon 262, i.e. another meaning is being added to the ones already given there.
[2] Theodoret (PG 80, 1500cd) -- but using the feminine noun
h( profhtei/a (the Suda retains a feminine participle,
shmai/nousa) -- on
Psalm 77.66
LXX.
[3] From
alpha 4574.
Keywords: Christianity; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; medicine; religion; science and technology
Translated by: Giorgos Akrivas on 23 January 2004@15:16:58.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; supplied notes; augmented keywords) on 24 January 2004@05:06:09.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; tweaking) on 30 July 2012@03:25:53.
David Whitehead (coding) on 6 December 2015@08:43:55.
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