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Headword: *proqesmi/a
Adler number: pi,2444
Translated headword: appointed [day]
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[So called] from designating [proqei=nai][1] the day on which this should take place, not from foretelling [proqespi/zein], if we [sc. humans] designate a certain appointed day; but if it is god/God who designates, the noun is derived from proqespi/zein, as god/God foretells and orders and establishes a law concerning the day, on which perhaps this [man] must depart from this life or this whole universe must be destroyed. And qespi/zein[2] [is said] properly in reference to a god, but incorrectly also in reference to a king/emperor.
Greek Original:
*proqesmi/a: a)po\ tou= proqei=nai th\n h(me/ran, e)n h(=| to/de gene/sqai dei=, ou)k a)po\ tou= proqespi/zein, e)a\n h(mei=s protiqw=men proqesmi/an tina/: ei) de\ o( qeo\s o( protiqei/s, a)po\ tou= proqespi/zein ei)/rhtai to\ o)/noma: proqespi/zontos tou= qeou= kai\ prosta/ttontos kai\ pronomoqetou=ntos peri\ th=s h(me/ras, e)n h(=| tuxo\n to/nde dei= th=s zwh=s tau/ths u(pecelqei=n h)\ to/nde kataluqh=nai to\n su/mpanta ko/smon. kai\ qespi/zein me\n e)pi\ qeou= kuri/ws, kataxrhstikw=s de\ kai\ e)pi\ basile/ws.
Notes:
Similar entries in the Etymologicum Magnum (688.50-52) and Etymologicum Gudianum (pi480.42-52). It is unclear whether the background theology is pagan or Christian.
See also pi 2445.
[1] cf. pi 2446.
[2] cf. theta 280.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 5 July 2013@17:40:16.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (expanded and augmented notes; another keyword; cosmetics) on 7 July 2013@04:11:19.
David Whitehead on 16 October 2013@04:57:29.

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