- ξαίνω
- ξαίνω (Hom. et al.; Aristoph., Theophr., Anth. Pal.; not LXX; fig. in Jos., Ant. 1, 46, Bell. 6, 304) to scratch or comb, esp. wool in preparation for the making of wool thread, comb, card, found in the original rdg. of Cod. א in Mt 6:28, where it was erased and later revealed by ultraviolet light (TSkeat, ZNW 37, ’38, 211–14 [cp. POxy 2221 col. 2, 8 and note]): πῶς οὐ ξένουσιν (ξαίν.) instead of πῶς αὐξάνουσιν of the texts. This may make it possible to restore the logion Ox 655, 1 (b), 9f p. 23 (=Kl. T. 83 p. 23; ASyn. 67, 33; s. GTh 36) and there read ο]ὐ ξαίνει instead of α]ὐξα[ι]νει (but s. Fitzmyer p. 544 and Betz, SM 477). This could mean that ξαίνω may have stood in the common source of Mt 6:28=Lk 12:27; in that case there would be three negations for the lilies of Mt 6:28 as well as for the birds of vs. 26.—PKatz, JTS 5, 2, ’54, 207–9; TGlasson, Carding and Spinning: POxy 655: JTS 13, ’62, 331f.—DELG.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.