σάρξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=gen. <b class="b3">σαρκός, ἡ</b>, Aeol. σύρξ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>708.31</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[flesh]], Hom. always in pl., exc. <span class="bibl">Od.19.450</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>364</span>,<span class="bibl">461</span>; κορέει κύνας . . δημῷ καὶ σάρκεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.8.380</span>; ἔγκατά τε σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα <span class="bibl">Od.9.293</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.219</span>; σάρκες περιτρομέοντο μέλεσσιν <span class="bibl">18.77</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>538</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>168</span>, etc.; τούτου σάρκας λύκοι πάσονται <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1040</span>; ὀπτὰς σάρκας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1097</span>; σάρκες δ' ἀπ' ὀστέων . . ἀπέρρεον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1200</span>; sts. to represent the whole body, μήτε γῆ δέξαιτό μου σάρκας θανόντος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1031</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1239</span>,<span class="bibl">1343</span> (anap.): sg. later in same sense, <b class="b3">τοῦ αἵματος . . πηγνυμένου σ. γίνεται</b> (of the foetus) <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Puer.</span>15</span>, cf.<span class="title">Steril.</span>233; κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χάριν ἐμᾶς σαρκὸς αἰόλας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1157</span> (lyr.); ἔδαπτον σάρκα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span> 1189</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>1136</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyc.</span>344</span>, etc.: also collectively, of the [[body]], γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ' ἡβῶσαν φέρει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>622</span>; σαρκὶ παλαιᾶ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>72</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">σαρκὸς περιβόλαια, ἐνδυτά</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1269</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>746</span>:—Pl. uses sg. and pl. in much the same manner, ταῖς σαρξὶ σάρκες προσγένωνται <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phd.</span>96d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>211e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>556d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>518c</span>, etc.; τῆς σαρκὸς διαλυτικόν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>60b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">61c</span>, <span class="bibl">62b</span>, etc.: [[portions of meat]], usu. in pl., σάρκας τρεῖς <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).237.17 (Amorgos) (sg., ib.12(2).498.16 (Methymna, iii B.C.)); but, [[pieces of flesh]] or [[membrane]], βήσσοντα . . ὥστε σάρκας ἐνπύους . . ἀποβάλλειν <span class="title">SIG</span> 1171.5 (Lebena). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">εἰς σάρκα πημαίνειν</b> to the [[quick]], Phld.<span class="title">Herc.</span> 1289p.60V. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἡ σ. τοῦ σκύτεος</b> the [[inner]] or [[flesh-side]] of leather, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[fleshy]], [[pulpy substance of fruit]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.8.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HP</span>1.2.6</span>, <span class="bibl">4.15.1</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> the [[flesh]], as the seat of the affections and lusts, [[fleshly nature]], ἐν τῇ σ. ἡ ἡδονή <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.</span>18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span> 33</span>; [[ἀδούλωτον]] (prob. l.) τῇ σαρκὶ καὶ τοῖς ταύτης πάθεσι Plu.2.107f, cf. 101b; freq. in [[NT]], Ep.Gal.5.19, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in <span class="title">NT</span> also, the [[body]], τῆς σαρκὸς πρόνοια <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>13.14</span>; οὔτε ἡ σ. αὐτοῦ εἶδεν διαφθοράν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>2.31</span>, etc.: hence (partly as a Hebraism) <b class="b3">πᾶσα σάρξ</b>, = every-[[body]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>6.12</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>3.6</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ . . πᾶσα σάρξ</b> no<b class="b2">body, Ev. Matt</b>.<span class="bibl">24.22</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> the [[physical]] or [[natural order]] of things, opp. the spiritual or supernatural, σοφοὶ κατὰ σάρκα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>1.26</span>; ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ πεποιθότες <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>3.3</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν κύριον τῶν πνευμάτων καὶ πάσης σ</b>. <span class="title">SIG</span>1181.3 (ii B.C., Jewish). (Perh. I.-E. <b class="b2">twrk̂-</b> 'portion', cf. Avest. θ<b class="b2">warəs-</b> 'cut'.)</span>