Ethiopic Didascalia

Platt historical English notes, source page 166

NOTES. P. 68. penult. flAA.-n : oo-i^fi^^ : MS. ndiA.!! : oo'liS.'I^T : Perhaps it might have been better to omit the prefix fl. and retain the status construdus. P. 70. 1. 1. l^fl : Apparently this ought to be written l^h : But in lines 6 — 8 below, we have instances of greater irregularities of this kind, K^t^flth : and croju#«PO^ : in the status absolutus, though governed by a verb; and at the end of the sentence H^pt" : (D^^^d. ' both in the status constructus, though merely following another noun, •p^o^ : . So in line 7, ^>gn^ : in one case, and ^^f^ ; in another ; only perhaps the first «|»^d^ : may be taken to agree with Q^d.^'l' ' by an enallage numeri, and the latter •I'.'^o^ : may be construed as a substantive. But, Q,^y^ : itself is governed by a verb ; so that 't'^tni : should still be in the accusative. See the note on p. 43. 1. 9. and the passage in Ludolf s Grammar there referred to. P. 71.1. 2. a)i?»''"rt : '^lTHVlon>': Some corrector of the MS. seems to have in- tended to alter the last of these two words into TYTH^ot"': (2 pers. plur. pret.) ; by which means the ellipse, which is somewhat unusual, would be avoided. The words, whichever reading be adopted, can only mean, " And if it be your care ;" but to make the sense complete, I have been obliged to translate, " Let it then be your care." The Greek Text says, " In this way will your righteousness exceed, if ye take care" &c. ; but the first clause is altogether omitted in the Ethiopic translation, and hence the confusion. P. 72. penult. "hTiH : ?\AP : H^lfliiYl : The translation that I have given of this phrase is according to the Greek Text, firjSevos ere Trpcrx^eipia-afxivov. There is confusion here again in the Ethiopic Version: the original cause of which is, that the Greek words, Kptvoi, "to judge," and KptTrjg yivsa-dai, "to be a judge," are rendered by T4.^ih : " to litigate," " to contend in judgment with another." P. 73. 1. 10. *|»K9"^ '• This epithet is of frequent occurrence in connexion with J^nQ)* : and I have introduced it here by correcting the Text ; for in the MS. the word is «|>K^ • The middle letter however is not very distinctly written, and the word may be read «1»^^ : If this be the true reading, it may be a plural form from ^J^(I>» : candidus, sincerus. Lud. Ibid. ^fo-fyOOfi : MS. onf^gofY : This is clearly a bad orthography. Whether the form should be 9n'X9n'i : or a^'h*fo'^ : it is difficult to say. Ludolf only gives the forms yn'KoD'i : and mff^awi -, and so in this MS. we have elsewhere tm'f^aof'^ ■ (p. 85. line 14) with the second oo in the First Order. See Ludolf, Lex. ^th. in voc. Ibid. ult. ^rt"lA" : which I have translated "use lying devices," properly signifies, " use magic arts." But there is no such idea expressed in the Greek Text, nor does it suit the context here apparently. P. 74. 1. 4. ?».:^J^ A- : MS. ?i.^J^/V : Vid. p. 79. 1. 13. P. 75. 1. 6. After ^YldX-iYl : a corrector has inserted V|0D : but what I have printed is the original reading of the MS. ; and indeed it would be shown to be right by the con- struction, but for the irregularity of the MS. in that respect ; chTH H "E : &c. being governed by ^YKD-T : P. 76. 1. 6. (D^iynii : ^YlOht : J^ATl : The Greek Text in this passage is as