Ethiopic Didascalia

Platt historical English notes, source page 171

NOTES. P. 109. 1. 6. JPlJU9"<^Tn : The sense seems here to require the subjunctive ; the form of which is JPJW'T^C '■ ^^ in p. 112. 1. 3. ■^J^^Q • Ibid. (D'lni,?i1'"lnl. : Gr. TCtf afj-aprias aov KvTpuxrai. The verb appears to be omitted by mistake. Ibid, penult. ^kO^T"!! : Tli.#hi : (DP*PHI : The pronouns and verbs in this sentence are all feminine, yet these two adjectives are masculine. As they follow close upon the feminine pronoun "5\nqT'|s : it seems hardly likely that they should be mere errors of the transcriber. Possibly this form of the plural may be sometimes used as common, applied either to masculine or feminine. See nOy.l : p. 111. 1. 7, 8. and two or three instances, ibid. 13. and p. 116. penult In p. 112. 1. 9. TI^Ai : tvOSiri'tS • (D4»K.fl : ^HV.*I : the adjectives are singular, and the substantives plural. See Ludolf Gram. vi. 2. § 13. p. 144. on Enallage. P. 110. penult. 9»M'm.C : MS. V*f"ai.d, : P. 111. 1. 2. OUICt" : (DlriAJV.-r : MS. 0UJC1' = (D^A?^1s : Ibid. 1. 9. Y\.C^O '• I have here inserted tlie negative ?i. : The sense clearly re- quires it; and the Greek has ovk e<rr) StKaiov. P. 114.1.3. a)>»AlTl : J\.^o"^m- : &c. The translation which 1 have given may appear to require that 0°9^yi : &c. should be in the status constructus ; but the MS. is very irregular on this point, as has been already often observed ; and I do not see any other probable meaning of the passage. The Greek Text does not help us here, for this clause is not to be found in it. Ibid. 1. 5. The heading of Section xiii. as well as those of Sections xiv. xvi. begin n'K^T : ?\,ln"" = •"J^'^A)' : This position of the negative seems very extra- ordinary, and contrary to the general usage in Ethiopic ; and moreover in Sections v. vii. it is otherwise. To preserve uniformity therefore, as well as to avoid the apparent anomaly, I have written \\oo : 'tvOa^^(^ • Ibid. L 11. >iif|oo : ^fLA : >»"IH.>»Tn. : "For thy Lord hath said unto her." Of this I can make no sense, and have substituted, in the translation, "For the Lord hath said." In the Greek, a passage is here introduced from Gen. iii. 16. Awtoj -yap a-ov, (ptja-), Kvpieva-et. This quotation is either altogether omitted in the Ethiopic Version ; or else, which I believe to be the case, the words before us are intended to be a translation of it. The translator, probably, not understanding the expression a-ov Kvpieva-ei, has rendered it as though it were <tov Kvpios, " thy lord." P. 115. penult. Here the Deacons appear to be invested with authority to baptize, in common with Bishops and Priests. The Greek Text only makes them attendants upon the others in the administration of the rite : e^vn^perovixevuv ainoi^ tui/ dtaKovutv. P. 116. 1. 7. Title of Sect. xv. fl'K'^'t' : "D«\fi'fl : Ludolf endeavours to distinguish between «qOf|'fl : and oonA't' : (Lex. Jith. in voc. oqOfl'fl 0 but they are evidently used as synonymous in this Section. In the second line, and indeed throughout the whole of it, oonAJ"^ : is applied to the same persons who are called ooqfi'fl : in the heading. Indeed, Ludolf elsewhere observes (in voc. oufiA^ 0 that the two words must be consi-