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4 Maccabees
Particle
ἀλλά
αλλα
indecl
but-rather
emphatic/hard-adversative, "but-rather/instead", as distinct from the softer, more common, "δέ" πάντες [lexicon][inflect][close]
Quantifier (Indefinite Numeral)
πᾶ[ντ]ς πᾶσα πᾶν[τ], gen. sg. παντός πάσης παντός
παντ·ες
mas nom|voc pl
all
properly, each within some set, the set, implicitly defined by the local (sometimes following) context. Frequently (misleadingly) rendered by inclusive pronouns like "everyone" or "everything". ὥσπερ [lexicon][inflect][close]
Particle
ὥσ·περ
ωσπερ
indecl
just as
Lit:"wholly/very/completely-as/like", hence "just-as", "just-like". ἐπ’ [lexicon][inflect][close]
Preposition
ἐπί
επ’
indecl
upon/over (+acc,+gen,+dat)
ἐπ’ before smooth breathing, ἐφ’ before rough breathing ἀθανασίας [lexicon][inflect][close]
Noun (Fem. 1st Decl.)
ἀ·θανασία, -ας, ἡ
αθανασι·ας
(fem) gen sg or (fem) acc pl
immortality, immortalities
ὁδὸν [lexicon][inflect][close]
Noun (Fem. 2nd Decl.)
ὁδός, -οῦ, ἡ
οδ·ον
(fem) acc sg
way/road
τρέχοντες [lexicon][inflect][close]
Verb
τρέχω (τρεχ-, δραμ(ε)·[σ]-, 2nd δραμ-, -, -, -)
τρεχ·ο[υ]ντ·ες
pres act ptcp mas nom|voc pl
while RUN-ing
ἐπὶ [lexicon][inflect][close]
Preposition
ἐπί
επι
indecl
upon/over (+acc,+gen,+dat)
ἐπ’ before smooth breathing, ἐφ’ before rough breathing τὸν [lexicon][inflect][close]
Article (Definite)
ὁ ἡ τό
τ·ον
mas acc sg
the
simple article διὰ [lexicon][inflect][close]
Preposition
διά
δια
indecl
because of (+acc), through (+gen)
δι’ before vowels. "through/by-means-of" (+gen). The use of this "through" can carry a sense of "because of" (+acc) τῶν [lexicon][inflect][close]
Article (Definite)
ὁ ἡ τό
τ·ων
neu gen pl or mas gen pl or fem gen pl
the
simple article βασάνων [lexicon][inflect][close]
Noun (Fem. 2nd Decl.)
βάσανος, -ου, ἡ
βασαν·ων
(fem) gen pl
torments
θάνατον [lexicon][inflect][close]
Noun (Mas. 2nd Decl.)
θάνατος, -ου, ὁ
θανατ·ον
(mas) acc sg
death
ἔσπευδον [lexicon][inflect][close]
Verb
σπεύδω (σπευδ-, σπευ[δ]·σ-, σπευ[δ]·σ-, -, -, -)
ε·σπευδ·ον
impf act ind 1st sg or impf act ind 3rd pl
I-was-HASTEN-ing, they-were-HASTEN-ing
[urge upon]
But all of them, as though running the road to immortality, hastened on to death through tortures.
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