§22.6(55) Στίχ. ς΄.
(55) Verse 6.
Οὐ λήψῃ τὴν μητέρα μετὰ τῶν τέκνων. Ἐπειδὴ μὴ δύναται ἑαυτὰ τρέφειν, τῆς μητρὸς ληφθείσης.
"You shall not take the mother with the young." Because, if the mother is taken, they cannot feed themselves.
Origen · Annotations on Deuteronomy (fragments from Catenae) §22.6
Prohibition of Taking Mother Bird with the Young
Summary
Explains the commandment not to take the mother with her young, on the grounds that the offspring cannot sustain themselves if the mother is taken.
Notes
- §22.6τῆς μητρὸς ληφθείσης — A genitive absolute construction, expressing here a condition ("if the mother is taken").
- §22.6δύναται ἑαυτὰ — The verb is in the third person singular (δύναται) agreeing with the neuter plural subject (the reflexive pronoun ἑαυτὰ, referring to the τέκνα "young"), according to the schema Atticum. ἑαυτὰ also functions as the object of the infinitive τρέφειν.
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Origen, Annotations on Deuteronomy (fragments from Catenae) §22.6. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2042.tlg070.humanitext-grc1:22.6
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