περίψημα: Difference between revisions

|txtha=περιψηματος, τό (from [[περιψάω]] 'to [[wipe]] [[off]] [[all]] [[round]]'; and [[this]] from [[περί]] ([[which]] [[see]] III:1), and [[ψάω]] 'to [[wipe]],' '[[rub]]'), [[properly]], [[what]] is wiped [[off]]; [[dirt]] rubbed [[off]]'; [[offscouring]], [[scrapings]]: [[περικάθαρμα]], [[which]] [[see]] Suidas and [[other]] Greek lexicographers [[under]] the [[word]] [[relate]] [[that]] the Athenians, in [[order]] to [[avert]] [[public]] calamities, [[yearly]] threw a [[criminal]] [[into]] the [[sea]] as an [[offering]] to [[Poseidon]]; [[hence]], [[ἀργύριον]] ... [[περίψημα]] τοῦ παιδίου [[ἡμῶν]] γένοιτο (as if to [[say]]) [[let]] it [[become]] an [[expiatory]] [[offering]], a [[ransom]], for [[our]] [[child]], i. e. in [[comparison]] [[with]] the [[saving]] of [[our]] [[son]]'s [[life]] [[let]] it be to us a [[despicable]] and [[worthless]] [[thing]], Ignatius ad Ephesians 8,1 [ET]; 18,1 [ET]; ([[see]] Lightfoot's [[note]] on the [[former]] [[passage]]).