translation of Gk. "cwrein"

[Giuseppe Pagliarulo]

Hails!

> cwrousai below is a pres. act. part. in nom. fem. pl. meaning
> "admitting of" or "allowing" i.e. being able to hold up to 2 or 3
> metretes of water. Gamotan (gamotandeis) "be admitted etc." would fit
> a passive meaning but I find no evidence of its use in the active or
> some such construction as *gamotnandeis or *gamotan wisandeis. Would
> Gothic prefer a periphrasis here perhaps using bairan or haban and magan?

Good to read about you again, Matthew. It looks like 2Kor 7:2 has something
very similar to the case in question: _cwrhsate hmas_, meaning "make room
for us". Here's how Wulfila translates this: _gamoteima in izwis_. So maybe
a good rendering of John 2:6 would be _in thaimei gamostedun .a. aiththau
.b. <metrhtas>_.

Hope this helps

Iosef

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