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Headword:
*(uperba/qmion
po/da
r(iptw=n
Adler number: upsilon,234
Translated headword: casting a foot over the threshold
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning [someone] behaving in a disorderly [and] inappropriate manner.[1] "Not casting a foot over the threshold, as the saying goes, into piety, but setting limits for himself suitable to his age, handling matters relating to the gods with a noble and pure conscience."[2]
Greek Original:*(uperba/qmion po/da r(iptw=n: a)nti\ tou= a)ta/ktws, a)prepw=s diapratto/menos. ou)de\ u(perba/qmion po/da r(iptw=n, kata\ to\ lo/gion, ei)s th\n qeose/beian, a)lla\ me/tra o(ri/zwn e(autw=| th=s h(liki/as a)/cia, gnhsi/w| kai\ kaqarw=| suneido/ti metaxeiri/zwn ta\ peri\ tou\s qeou/s.
Notes:
[1] cf. Gregorius of
Cyprus 3.89.
[2]
Damascius,
Life of Isidore fr.137 Zintzen (38 Asmus, 59C Athanassiadi), quoting
Chaldean Oracles 176.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 28 April 2008@12:09:59.
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