If she bears a female
If she bears a female, the days are doubled. The weaker affection asks longer care. Mercy fits the times.
Latin
Si feminam pepererit, bis numeri. Infirmitior affectus longiorem curam poscit. Misericordia tempora adaptat.
About this text
Origen’s Homilia VIII on Leviticus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–11.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia VIII. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia VIII §§1–11 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia VIII §§1–11)
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