- εὐνουχίζω
- εὐνουχίζω (s. prec. and next entry; Clearchus, Fgm. 49; Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 98 §409; Lucian, Sat. 12; Archigenes [II A.D.] in Oribas. 8, 2, 8; Galen: CMG V/4/2 p. 334, 8; 335, 4; Cass. Dio 68, 2, 4; Jos., Ant. 10, 33.—Fig., Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 6, 42 p. 252, 27 τὴν γῆν; Just., A I, 15, 4) to cause someone to be a eunuch, castrate, emasculate, make a eunuch of ἑαυτόν oneself Mt 19:12b; pass., 12a. From ancient times it has been disputed whether the word is to be taken literally in both occurrences, fig. in both, or fig. in the first and lit. in the second (s. WBauer, Heinrici Festschr. 1914, 235–44). The context requires the fig. interp. (s. εὐνουχία) for the second occurrence, and the lit. for the first (s. JKleist, CBQ 7, ’45, 447–49).—ANock, Eunuchs in Anc. Rel.: ARW 23, 1925, 25–33 (=Essays in Religion and the Anc. World I, ’72, 7–15); LGray, Eunuch: EncRelEth V 579–85; JBlinzler, BRigaux Festschr., ’70, 45–55 (Justin).—DELG s.v. εὐνή. TW.
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