Type 2536
(formerly typ/623)

Πνευματικοῖς λόγοις ἤρδευσε τὸν κόσμον
Ἐφραὶμ ὁ κλεινὸς καὶ πολύς ἐν τοῖς θείοις,
οὗ τὰ πονήματα ὃς συλλέξαι θελήσῃ
οὐχ οἷος τʹἔσται, καὶ γὰρ ἀπείρως ἔχει.
Ἀλλʹὦ φωτιστὰ τοῦ νοῦ, καὶ δῶτερ λόγου,
Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, Θεέ, καὶ σῶτερ φωτῶν,
αὐτοῦ προσευχαῖς, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων,
δὸς ἡμῖν ποιεῖν ἅπερ καὶ μελετῶμεν,
ἵνα μὴ διπλῶς ἐκεῖ τιμωρηθῶμεν.
Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ Ἰωνᾶ.
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Ephrem the Syrian (306 - 09/06/373)
Tag(s)
Translation(s) Spiritualibus sermonibu irrigavit mundum
Ephrem inclytus et magnus in divinis:
cuius opera qui colligere voluerit
neutiquam possit, infinita namque sunt.
Sed, o mentis illuminator, et dator verbi,
Jesu Christe, Deus et Salvator hominum,
eius precibus et omnium Sanctorum,
da nobis facultatem agendi quae meditamur,
ne dupliciter ibi puniamur,
memento, Domine, eius qui scripsit peccatoris Jonae.
Language
Latin
Source(s)
B. De Montfaucon, 1708, Palaeographia graeca sive de ortu et progressu literarum graecarum, Paris: 49
Bibliography
Number of verses 10
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 627: "Ionas mon., In s. Ephraemum Syrum"
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Last modified: 2025-02-06.