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ἀγκών (
ankon
)
— elbow
διήγησις (
diegesis
)
— Narration, exposition — the Greek reading of Ecclesiasticus where the Latin has 'discourse'
γραμματεῖς (
grammateis
)
— Scribes — the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew sopherim
ἓν διὰ δυοῖν (
hen dia dyoin
)
— one through two — the rhetorical figure hendiadys
λόγος (
logos
)
— Word, reason, reckoning, and the cause of each thing — Jerome explains the multiple meanings as applied to Christ
μόσχος / μοσχεύματα (
moschos / moschevmata
)
— Calf / calf-slips (shoots, propagations) — a translation difficulty in Wisdom 4:3
πανάρετος (
panaretos
)
— All virtue — Greek epithet for the book of Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
τὸ ὄν (
to on
)
— That which is — Plato's philosophical term for God, borrowed from Moses's ehyeh