Greek Glossary

Merc. 2. dare. P. 321. Timorem Dei. Editt. with Voss. and Merc. 2. timorem Domini. Propter hoc. Feuard. in margin and Voss. "these things". Et contra Legem. Editt. with Ar. and Merc. 2. omit "and". Illo tempore. Er. Gall. Feuard. and Ar. prefix "in", with Merc. 1. prefix "and". Et non ... autem. The same, omit "but". Voss. indeed omits "and". In Jerosolymis ... dispositione. Editt. with Ar. and Merc. 2. having "per dispositionem" with "in" omitted. Cum alius. Er. Gall. and Feu. insert "but". Visionem. Editt. with Ar. and Merc. 2. "visions". Et in corde. Er. Gall. and Feu. omit "and". Offerunt Domino. Editt. with Ar. and Merc. 2. "to God". Annuntiatus. It is added in the editions; they assert it. In fine perfecit. Voss. "to the end"; Feuard. "perfected". Ab omnibus. Feu. in margin and Voss. "by men". Suum Dominum. In Voss. "God". Quod præparatum est. In resurrectionem. Arund. omits "in"; Voss. has "surrectionem". Merc. 2. "therefore". Sua voluntate. Arund. with "his will". Quis similis. It is added in the Feu. edition. In captivitatem. Er. Gall. and Feu. prefix "and". In gladio. "In" is missing in Arund. Cujus curata. Er. Gall. and Feu. prefix "and". Imaginem. But it is added in the Voss. codex. Ut non possit. Editt. with Ar. and Merc. 2. "that he might not be able". And Merc. 2. prefix "in". Initio. The same editions prefix "in". Oculos suos. "Suits" is missing in all editions, and Ar. and Merc. 2. Cavere. The same with Ar. and Merc. 2. "to be feared". Et civitatem. In Arund. Merc. 1. and the Oxford edition, "and" is missing. Before. Merc. 1. omit "and". Usque in. The same with Ar. "up to".

GLOSSARY OF GREEK TERMS

^A - 'Αβράξας, Abraxas. The name of the first and principal heaven of the Basilidians, 102 and note. Ἀγάπη, Agape. Charity, love. The name of the twenty-fourth Valentinian Aeon, of the Metrical marriage, 7. Ἀγήρατος, Ageratos. Without old age, not aging, immortal. The name of the eleventh Valentinian Aeon, 6. Ἀγώγιμα, agogima. Alluring drugs, charms, incantations, 63. Ἀγών, agonia. Anxiety, crisis, 9. Ἀιώνους, Aionous. Eternal mind. The name of the twenty-fifth Valentinian Aeon, 7. Ἀθήλυντος, Atheluntos. Not joined to a female, 10 and note. Ἀφθαρσία, Aphtharsia, immortality, 354 and note. Αἰών, Aion, properly, age, eon. By Gnostic usage it signifies something divine, or a property, or a Person, or even an angel. It occurs throughout Irenaeus. Ἀκρατήτος, Akratetos, incomprehensible. Safe from comprehension; one who cannot be grasped or held, 33, 61, 97. Ἀκρατήτως, Akratetos, incomprehensibly, safe from comprehension (scil. of inferior powers), so that they cannot be grasped or held by them, 32.

^B - Ἀλήθεια, Alethia, Aletheia. Truth; the name of the fourth Valentinian Aeon, the spouse of Nu. Frequent in Irenaeus. Ἀλλόκοτον, Allokoton, not standing. A monstrous absurdity, 3. Ἀναδραμεῖν, Anadramein, to run back. To have returned to things above, 18. Ἀνακεφαλαιοῦν, Anakephalaioun, to recapitulate. To restore, renew, to join something to another as to a head. Also, to summarize, to collect in brief. Frequent in Irenaeus. Ἀνακεχωρηκότα, Anakechorēkota, separated. Abstruse, removed from the knowledge of men, 20. Ἀνακοινώσασθαι, Anakoinōsasthai, to participate. For: to communicate, to make a participant, to explain, 8. Ἀνάληψις τοῦ Κυρίου, Analēpsis tou Kyriou, Assumption of the Lord. The Ascension of the Lord into heaven, 195, 207. Ἀναπτύσσειν, Anaptussein, to unroll. To explain, 51. Ἀνεκλάλητος, Aneklarētos, ineffable. One who cannot be expressed in any words, 70. Ἀνεννόητος, Anennoetos. Exceeding thought, 55, 66. Ἄνθρωπος, Anthropos. Man, the name of the seventh Valentinian Aeon. Frequent in Irenaeus. Ἀντεπερώτησις, Anteperōtēsis, questioning in return. Mutual interrogation, 92. Ἀντιλογία, Antilogia, ambiguity. Something obscure, controversial, which is under dispute, 262. Ἀκίνητος, Acinetos. Immovable.

^C - Ἀνυπόστατον, Anhypostaton, insubstantial. That which cannot subsist, absurd, 47 and note. Ἀπάνθισμα, Apanthisma, a floret. A plucking, a deflowering, 3. Ἀπαρχή, απαρχαί, Aparchē, aparchai, libation, beginnings. First fruits, 39. Ἀπάτωρ, Apator. Without a father. Thus the Valentinians called their Demiurge, because he had only a mother, Achamoth, but no Father, 24. Ἀπειροκαλία, Apeirokalia, ignorance. Rude simplicity, inexperience, 329. Ἀπειρότερος, Apeiroteros, less experienced, that is, ruder, more inexperienced, 2. Ἀπιθάνως, Apithanos, unpersuasively, that is, beyond all probability, by peddling incredible fables, 2. Ἀποβάλλειν. To reject, expel, not to admit, 341. Ἀπολύειν. To remit. To dismiss, 40. Ἀπολύτρωσις, Apolytrōsis, redemption. Dismissal, departure, 47 and note. Ἀπολύτρωσις, Apolytrōsis, redemption. A profane rite of initiation, by which the Gnostics consecrated their own, 64, 93, and elsewhere. Ἀπόρρητα μυστήρια, Aporrēta mystēria, hidden mysteries, not to be uttered to the public, 7. Ἀποτάξασθαι, Apotaxasthai, to renounce. To send back a message, to bid farewell, to dismiss, 33. Ἀπότρεχε, Apotreche, run back. Go away, 91. Ἀρχέγονος, Archegonos, first-born. First-generated, 5, 6 and elsewhere. Ἀσημότερος, Asemoteros, more senseless. More ignoble, 26.

^A Ἀσύνδετος, without marriage bond, not joined with a woman, 10 and note. Αὐλαί, aulae, halls, courts. Curtains, 88, 89. Αὐξάνειν, augeri, to be increased. To grow, 285, 294. Αὔξω, augeor, I am increased. I grow, 294. Αὔξων, augmentum accipiens, receiving increase. Increasing, 73. Αὐτοβούλητος βουλή, ab se cogitata cogitatio. Voluntary counsel, 72. Αὐτοφυής, Autophyes. Sponte, ex seipso natus. The name of the thirteenth Aeon of the Valentinians, 6. Ἀφανισθῆναι, exterminari. To be destroyed, to be abolished, 22. Ἀφορμή, occasio. Subsidy, argument, 3. Ἀχαλιναιώγητος, ineffrenatus. Unbridled, unable to be checked by any rein, 301. Ἀχαμώθ, Achamoth. The name of the Enthymeris of Sophia, concerning which see page 18, note. Ἀχρειοῦσθαι, exterminari. To be defiled in body, with violated chastity, 63.

B Βύθιος, Bythius. Profound. The name of the ninth Aeon of the Valentinians, 6. Βυθός, Bythus. Properly, the Profound; and thus Irenaeus sometimes receives it. But more frequently it expresses for him the name of the first Aeon of the Gnostics.

Γ Γαλακτουργία, lactatio. Lactation, 284. Γενεσιουργεῖν, generare. To generate, 77. Γένεσις, generatio. Offspring, progeny, son, 12 and note. Γνωστικός, Gnosticus. Intelligent, wise, spiritual. A name which the disciples of Simon Magus, Menander, Valentinus, etc., claimed for themselves, 52 and elsewhere.

Δ Δεινός, propensius. Skillful, cunning, 17. Δεύειν, augere. Properly, to moisten, 294. Δημιουργός, Demiurgus. Thus the Valentinians called the maker of the lower world, 24, and elsewhere passim. Διαχέομαι, diffundor, to be poured out, with joy, namely, 20. Διεσταμένον, divided, 7. Διυλισμός, relevatio. Percolation, purgation, 73, see note. Δυνατά, possibilia. Able, robust, 22.

Ε Ἑβδομάς, Hebdomas. The Septenary. Thus the Valentinians called their Demiurge, because he was said to have his seat above the seventh heaven; 26; they also designated those formed by the Demiurge by this same name. Passim they also call the septenary ἑβδομάδα. Ἐγκισσήσασα αὐτούς, delighted in looking upon them. Lustfully looking upon them, 23. Εἰκάζω, adsimilo. I liken, I compare, I say it is similar to, 7. Ἐκσιβράσθαι, defervisse. To have boiled over, to have raged, 18. Ἐκκλησία, Ecclesia. The name of the eighth Aeon of the Valentinians, the consort of Hontinus. Frequent in Irenaeus. Ἐκκλησιαστικός, Ecclesiasticus. The name of the twenty-seventh Aeon of the Valentinians, 7. Ἐκπτύειν τὸν ἐγκέφαλον, cerebrum exspuere. To spit out the cerebrum. Τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ἐξέπτυσαν, they spat out the cerebrum, that is, they have the brain drained, or purged, they are excelling in subtlety of talent, 3 and note. Ἐκτικά, habilia. Things which have contracted a firmness of habit, robust, valid, 22. ^B Ἐλπίς, Elpis. Hope. The name of the twenty-second Aeon of the Valentinians, consort of Patricus, 7. Ἐμμέτρως, metrice, in verse, 80. Ἐνθύμησις, Intentio, Enthymesis, excogitatio, concupiscence. Properly, desire, thought. According to the Valentinian usage, it is the Virtue born from the ill-conceived desire of Sophia, 9 and often elsewhere. Ἔννοια, Ennœa, Ennoia. Properly, thought; and thus Irenaeus sometimes receives it. But it more frequently expresses the name of the second Aeon of the Gnostics. Ἑνότης, henotes. Unity, 54. Ἕνωσις, henosis. Union. The name of the twelfth Aeon of the Valentinians, consort of Ageratus.

Ἐξηγητής, interpretator, that is, one who expounds, explains, etc., 2. Ἐπεί, quatenus; that is, seeing that, since, 3. Ἐπιμιμνήσκεσθαι, reminisci. To remember, to make mention, 17. Ἐπίσαθρος, terrenus. Infirm, powerless, 63. Ἐπίσημον ὄνομα, insigne nomen. A notable name, which consists of six letters, 69, see note. Ἐπίσημος ἀριθμός, a notable, that is, a senary, number, 72. Ἐπίσημος, episemos. The note of the senary number, 81 and elsewhere. Ἐπιτήδειον, aptabiliter, fitly, 84. Ἐπομβρεῖν, stillare. To trickle, to flow down, to flow in, 60. Εὐχαριστεῖν, gratias agere. To give thanks. To recall with grateful memory, to celebrate, 50. Εὐχαριστεῖν, gratias agere, to consecrate, namely bread and wine in the sacrament of the Eucharist, 60. Ἐφόδιον, subministratio. Aid, subsidy, argument, 4. Ἔχειν, habere, that is, to be able. Ἔχειν ἐπιδεῖξαι, to have to show, to be able to show, 2 and elsewhere.

Z Ζωή, Zoe, Life. The name of the sixth Aeon of the Valentinians, consort of Logos. It occurs often in Irenaeus. Ζωοποιεῖν, vivificare. To impart life, 19.

H Ἡδονή, Hedone. Pleasure. The name of the fourteenth Aeon of the Valentinians, the consort of that one who is called Autophyes, 6.

Θ Θελητός, Theletos. Ready in will. The name of the twenty-ninth Aeon of the Valentinians, 7 and elsewhere. Θίασος, an insane person who pretends to breathe the divine. Chorus, company, society, 62. But it is uncertain whether the interpreter of Irenaeus read θίασος. See note.

I Ἰαώ, The sacred name of God is the tetragrammaton יהוה, which the Greeks are accustomed to read in this way, 19, 96. Ἰδιωτικῶς, idiotice. In common speech, in a rude and simple style, 4. Ἰησοῦς, Jesus. The Virtue which, according to the Valentinians, had been produced from all the gifts of the Aeons collected together, 12, 13 and elsewhere. Ἰκανωτάτη γραφή, most powerful letter. Most brilliant, most effective epistle, 176, 177.

K Καπηλεύειν, adulterare. To deprave, to corrupt, 263. Καρπιστής, Carpistes. Vindicator, judge, arbiter. The surname of Horos of the Valentinians, 10 and note, and elsewhere. Καρποφορεῖν, fructificare. To bring forth more abundantly, 4. Καρποφορέω, fructifico. I bear fruit, I produce, 7 and elsewhere. Καρποφορία, fructificatio. Invention, thought, 20, 22 and elsewhere. Κατακλίνω, declino. I decline. To lie down, to make to recline, 90. Κατάληψις, comprehensio. Notice, cognition, 36. Κατασκευάζειν, aptare. To prove, to confirm, to construct, 93. Κατατρέχειν τῶν γραφῶν, to slander the Scriptures. To deprave the Scriptures, 45 and note. Καταφυσῶ, exsuffio. To scorn, to detest, 62, 63. Κεκαυτηριασμέναι τὴν συνείδησιν, having seared consciences. Having a depraved, lost conscience, 65, see note. Κένωμα, vacuitas. Emptiness. An empty space which the Valentinians imagined outside the Pleroma, 18 and elsewhere. Κεχυμένος, effusibilis. Effusible, fluid, 27. Κοσμοκράτωρ, Cosmocrator. Prince of the world. Thus the Valentinians called the devil, 26. Κρατεῖν. To retain, to keep, to observe, 340. Κρείττων, melior, that is, more excellent, more illustrious, more ancient, 2. Κυοφορηθέν, gestated in the womb, 27.

^A Λεξιτηρεῖν. To adhere to words, 544. Ἀπολόγοι. Chatterers, delirious, 56. Λόγος, Logos. Word. The cognomen of Jesus among the Valentinians, 13. Λόγος, Logos. Word; the name of the fifth Aeon of the Valentinians. Frequent in Irenaeus. Λυτρωτής, Lytrotes. Redeemer. The cognomen of Horus among the Valentinians, 10.

[M] Μακαρία, Macaria. Happy, blessed. The name of the eighth Aeon of the Valentinians, the consort of Monogenes, 6. Μακαριότης, Macariotes. Felicity, beatitude. The name of the twenty-eighth Aeon of the Valentinians, the consort of Ecclesia, 7. Μακροθυμεῖν, to be long-suffering. To bear with enduring gentleness, with what mind to sustain, 50. Μεταρμόζειν, to transfer into. To accommodate, to adapt, 52. Μελετᾶν, to meditate. To practice, 31. Μελετᾶν, to meditate. To prepare skillfully, 45. Μεμελετημένη ὑπόθεσις, a declaimed controversy. An elaborate, skillfully composed argument, 45. Μεταγωγεύς, Metagogeus. Conductor, Tutor. The cognomen of Horus among the Valentinians, 10 and note. Μετακενοῦν, to pour into, 60. Μεταλαμβάνειν, to think, 62. Μεταπλάττειν, to transform. To change, to reshape, 36. Μητρικός, Metricus. Maternal. The name of the twenty-third Aeon of the Valentinians, 7. Μητροπάτωρ, Metropator. Father and Mother. Thus the Valentinians called their Demiurge, because, free from marriage, he alone without the aid of a consort had created lower things, 24. Μίξις, Mixis. Mixture. The name of the tenth Aeon of the Valentinians, the consort of Bythos, 6. Μονογενής, Monogenes. Only-begotten. This is the cognomen of the third Aeon of the Valentinians. It occurs frequently in Irenaeus. Μονογενής, Monogenes. Only-begotten. The name of the seventeenth Aeon of the Valentinians, 6. Μονογλωσσεῖν, to speak in a single tongue, to pronounce, 67. Μονότης, Monotes. Solitude, 54. Μόρφωσις, formation, form, 6. Also species, effigy, character, 13 and note. Μυστηριωδῶς, mystically. Obscurely, covertly and mystically, 14, 33. Μυστικῶς. Secretly, covertly, 344.

[N] Νοῦς, Nus. Properly, Mind. Sometimes the interpreter of Irenaeus translates it as Sense. From the usage of the Valentinians, it expresses the name of the third Aeon. Passim in Irenaeus. Νυμφών, Nymphon. Nuptial chamber or nuptial bedchamber, 32.

[Ξ] Ξηροφορεῖν, to define. To rave, to babble, 52. See note.

[O] Ὀγδοάς, octonation, ogdoad. The number eight. It occurs often in Irenaeus. Οἰησίσοφος, wise in vanity. One who prides himself on a false opinion of wisdom, who seems to himself to be wise, 83. Οἰκειοῦν, to join. To accommodate, to reconcile with, 50. Οἰκονομία, disposition. Dispensation; all those things which Christ performed on earth for the sake of procuring the salvation of the human race, 28 and note, and elsewhere. Οἰκονομία, disposition, order, arrangement, symmetry. Frequently in this sense. Ὁροθέτης, Horothetes. Finitor, the constitutor of law and arbiter of conditions. The cognomen of Horus among the Valentinians, 81. Ὅρος, Horos, Horus. Limit. A virtue among the Valentinians which limited the Pleroma, and which confirmed, and guarded all things outside the inenarrable magnitude, 9 and often elsewhere. Οὐσία, Matter. Nature, essence, 79.

[Π] Παράγειν, to lead across, that is, to lead away, to seduce, 2. Παραδιδάσκειν, to teach otherwise, that is, to teach wrongly, to teach false things, 3. Παράκλητος, Paracletus. Comforter, Advocate. The name of the nineteenth Aeon of the Valentinians, 7 and elsewhere. Παραπέμπειν, to refute. Refuting, that is, spurning, rejecting, repudiating, 5. Παρασκευή, pure supper. Preparation, Friday, 71. See note. Παρατραπεῖς, turned aside. Depraved, aberrant, 8. Παρεπινοεῖν, to think up. To think up in addition, to invent, 50, 51. Παρεπινοούμενος, who is invented. Who is thought up in addition, is contrived, 91. Πατρικός, Patricos. Paternal. The name of the twenty-first Aeon of the Valentinians, 7. Πιθανῶς, persuasively, that is, verisimilarly, fittingly for persuasion, 2. Περαίνων, explaining. Absolving, leading to the end, 47 and note. Περιγιγνόμενα, exquisite. Compared, coming from, 20. Περιπολῶντες, going around. Wandering around cities, lying in wait, 63. See note. Πῆξις, fixing. Concretion, 26. Πιθανολογία, persuasiveness. Speech accommodated for persuasion, 4. Πιθανός, verisimilar. ^B Puffed up with vanity, clothed in habits to deceive, skillfully adorned, fallacious, 4. Πιθανότης, persuasiveness. The allurement of an oration, graces, specious arguments which have the power of persuading, 4. Πίστις, Pistis. Faith. The name of the twentieth Aeon of the Valentinians, the consort of the Paraclete, 7. Πλάσμα, figment, fiction. A story which someone has contrived, 7, 25 and elsewhere. Often it is also taken for man created by God, and flesh. Πλήρωμα, Pleroma. Fullness. Thus the Valentinians called the seat of their Aeons and, as it were, heaven. This name is frequent in Irenaeus. Πνεῦμα ἅγιον, Holy Spirit. A virtue, among the Valentinians, brought forth together with Christ by Monogenes or Nus, for the sake of strengthening and supporting the Pleroma, 11 and elsewhere. Πολιτεύεσθαι, to live. To be endowed with citizenship, to become a citizen, 233. Προανεννόητος, Proanenneos. Far surpassing all thought, 54, 55. Προβάλλω, προβάλλομαι, I emit, namely into the light, I bring forth, I produce. Often in Irenaeus. Προβάτειος, of or belonging to a sheep, ovine, 3. Προβολή, emission, prolation. Production. Frequent in Irenaeus. Προπανυπέρτατος, most submissive, supreme, most high, 79. Προπάτωρ, Propator. First father. The cognomen of Bythos, the first Aeon of the Gnostics, 5. Πρόσβασις, progression, 76. Προσεπεργάζεσθαι, to search out. To treat of accurately, to explain accurately, 50. Προσπλοκή, perplexity. Connexion, 54. Πρόσωπον, person. Species, form, 192. Πρότασις. Argument, 344. Πρόφασις, Occasion, that is, pretext, species, 2, 8.

[P] Ῥαδιουργεῖν, to falsify. To falsify the words of the Lord, that is, to deprave them, to adulterate them, to interpret them in bad faith, to twist their meaning, 2, 25. Ῥαδιούργημα, falsification. A contrivance, 91. Ῥευστός, Fluid, 27. Ῥοδανουσίας κλίματα, regions of the Rhone, the district of Lyons, 65. See note.

[Σ] Σιγή, for Sigē, Sige, Silence, 74. Σιγή, Sige. Properly, silence. The name of the second Aeon of the Gnostics, the consort of Bythos. It occurs passim in Irenaeus. Σκηνοβατεῖν, to expose. To divulge, 272. Σκιά, shadow. Empty and dark.