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88 EPISTLES OF S. IGNATIUS.
etc, are frequently used for ' habeo,' ' habet,' etc, as in the Syriac.
Certain characteristic Syriac expressions are reproduced; e.g. 'son of
man' for avOpwTro (frequently), 'sons of the city' for TroXtrai (Tars. 2),
'by the hand of for 8ta (frequently), 'our Lord' for 6 Kupios (frequently).
(2) Syriac ambiguities are wrongly taken by the translator.
Thus in Ephes. 8 rots atwo-tv is rendered omnibus ' ethnicis,' the link
being the Syriac t*^*^"'^ which signifies either 'age'
or 'world.' See
also II.
pp. 223, 256, for other examples. (3) Corruptions or misreadings
of the Syriac text are very frequent sources of error. These
will occur either in the diacritical points or in the letters. Of the former
the constant substitution of a plural for a singular and conversely, owing
to the insertion or omission of the plural sign ribui, will serve as an
instance. So again in Philipp. 10 KdXwv 'funem' is rendered 'corruptionem'
from the ambiguous Syriac
r.) ; to ovo/jia
salus vestra' (^ a._a_'2ttA_x. for
^____CASax.) ; »--^o Tr]