Oration to Origen — Part 1

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καλόν, for which Hœschelius has ἀγαθόν.

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ἄπειρος, for which Hœschelius has ἀνάσκητος.

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ἀκωλύτῳ, for which Bengel suggests ἀκολούθῳ.

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εὐειδεῖ, for which Ger. Vossius gives ἀψευδεῖ.

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[See my introductory note, supra. He refers to Caius, Papinian, Ulpian; all, probably, of Syrian origin, and using the Greek as their vernacular.]

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συγκείμενοι, which is rendered by some conduntur, by others confectæ sunt, and by others still componantur, harmonized,—the reference then being to the difficulty experienced in learning the laws, in the way of harmonizing those which apparently oppose each other.

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ἀκριβεῖς, for which Ger. Vossius gives εὐσεβεις, pious.

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[A noteworthy estimate of Latin by a Greek.]

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εἰ καὶ βουλητόν, etc., for which Hœschelius gives οὔτε βουλητόν, etc. The Latin version gives, non enim aliter sentire aut posse aut velle me unquam dixerim.

The Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen.

The Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen.

Argument I.—For Eight Years Gregory Has Given Up the Practice of Oratory, Being Busied with the Study Chiefly of Roman Law and the Latin Language.

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