Nobis — Bridegroom and Bride; little vines reading
For us: for me the Bridegroom and for the Bride, or for me and my companions. Or with a pause: catch us the foxes — little ones that spoil vineyards — so that little refers to the vineyards. Small souls can be hurt; greater ones not likewise.
Latin
Nobis: mihi sponso et sponsae, vel mihi et sodalibus. Vel distinctio: capite nobis vulpes — pusillas exterminantes vineas, ut pusillas ad vineas referatur. Parvae animae laedi possunt; maiores non item.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on the Song of Songs, Liber IV (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–20.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber IV. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber IV §§1–20 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Commentary Liber IV §§1–20)
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