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Headword: *)apro/sitos
Adler number: alpha,3698
Translated headword: inaccessible
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] unapproachable.[1]
"[Something] 'inaccessible' differs from [something] 'incomprehensible' [or, 'uncontainable']: for 'incomprehensible' is when that which is investigated or sought is not apprehended by those who seek it. But 'inaccessible' is that which does not admit of investigation at all. For a sea or an abyss can be 'uncontainable,' but something 'inaccessible' is not able to be investigated at all, such as the question of the essence of God."[2]
Greek Original:
*)apro/sitos: a)prospe/lastos. a)pro/siton a)katalh/ptou diafe/rei. a)kata/lhpton ga/r e)stin, o(/tan e)reunhqe\n kai\ zhthqe\n mh\ katalhfqh=| para\ tw=n zhtou/ntwn au)to/: a)pro/siton de/ e)stin, o(\ mhde\ e)reu/nhs a)ne/xetai th\n a)rxh/n. a)kata/lhpton ga\r pe/lagos kai\ to\ ba/qos, a)pro/siton de\ o(\ mhde\ th\n a)rxh\n dunato\n e)reunhqh=nai, oi(=on peri\ qeou= ou)si/as.
Notes:
[1] Same or similar glossing (of this masculine nominative singular) in other lexica. Latte on Hesychius s.v. claims it as generated by neuter a)pro/siton in the New Testament (I Timothy 6.16). This entry is cross-referenced at alpha 810.
[2] John Chrysostom, Homily 3 on the incomprehensible, PG 48.721b.
Keywords: Christianity; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy; religion
Translated by: William Hutton on 3 January 2002@17:34:36.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 3 January 2002@22:32:19.
Catharine Roth (added note) on 4 January 2002@13:56:36.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 23 August 2002@04:36:10.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 9 April 2012@08:15:30.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 5 May 2015@19:57:43.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 5 May 2015@20:22:43.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 5 May 2015@23:19:11.
David Whitehead (coding; cosmetics) on 30 August 2015@05:57:42.

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