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4 +2 | τό θεῖον |
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the divine –> to theïkó? τό θεῖον Explanation: In the dialogue named "Alcibiades", Plato reported a discussion between Socrates abd Alcibiades in which Socrates refers to God using the noun «τό θεῖον». -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-04 19:42:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Whilst «τό θεϊκόν»is the adjective. Therefore the nominal group "the divine element" corresponds to «τό θεϊκόν στοιχεῖον» in ancient Greek. Additional references from th same dialogue : Plato, Alcibiades, I I34 α.«Σωκράτης καὶ ὅπερ γε ἐν τοῖς πρόσθεν ἐλέγομεν, εἰς τὸ θεῖον καὶ λαμπρὸν ὁρῶντες πράξετε» «Socrates And, as we were saying in what went before, you will act with your eyes turned on what is divine and bright.» Source : http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-04 19:47:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- As per the Erasmian pronunciation, «τό θεῖον» will be pronounced as « to theïon » -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-04 19:57:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The entire sentence pronunciation a per Erasmus is the follwing : « Socratis ke oper ye en toïs prosthen elewomen, eïs to theïon ke lampron orontes praksete» Νota bene : the -e- ,ust be pronounced as in the English word "penny" or "elegant" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-04 20:07:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- However, if you are addressing a Greek origin audience, you should apply the followinng pronunciation : Socratis Ke oper ye en tis prosthen elewomen, is to thion ke lampron orontes praksete Again; the lettter -e- ,must be pronounced as in the Englih words "penny"or "elegant" the letter -s-must be pronounced as a double s in the word "asset"" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-04 20:14:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The different pronunciation of ancient Greek as per Erasmus is due to te fact that the great philosopher from Holland had no oral contact with the Greek language as it was spoken in the Byzantine empire thus he invented an artificial pronunciation based on comparative linguistics. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://https://books.google.fr/books?id=KIQUHk9iqVoC&pg=PA12... |
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