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I do not wish to bring forward here all the specimens of the Divine Decorum observed upon in the Gnomon, inasmuch as they will present themselves in great number to the Reader who examines the passages of the Gnomon quoted in the Index. We mark some others. Luke speaks with Decorum in ch. iii. 23. Peter beseeches and warns with Decorum, Acts ii. 14. Paul uses a decorous appel- lation, 2 Cor. ix. 12, and a decorous antithesis, Gal. v. 13. Comp. Gnom.
AEINOTH2 [ds/vutri?] is a peculiar force in the words, which indi- cates the authority of the speaker, and is subservient to the sweet- ness of ornament : as Rom. ii. 5, driffuvpi^zig csavrGj bpyr\v sv fi/ispa
opyr\g. — Ch. xi. 17, C'b ds dypi'sXaiog Col. i. 28, vovOsrovvrsg
navra ciivQpunov <rravra avQpwftov Comp. Gnom.
DIAGRAMMA [Schematismus, Schema] is the term of descrip- tion used in the Gnomon, if the mutual relation of the words or of the enunciations be represented, as if in a painting, by two sides placed opposite one another, or by lines, or capital letters. — See Gnom. on 1 Cor. xi. 7, note on xamxaXu'Tmtrda/. Rom. v. 18, note on dixcuojfjjctrog.
DIASYRMUS is, if one reflects upon or traduces (rails upon)
another : e.g. — John vii. 4, ohfttig yap sv xputrrfi ) u Every one
who doeth anything, doeth it, not in secret, but in such a way as to seek to be himself known openly .” So His brethren, i.e. His cousins, reflect upon Jesus, as if He were managing His affairs with considerable remissness, etc.
ELLIPSIS is the omission of a word, or even of an entire sen- tence, which is necessary to the sense.
I. It is either grammatical or rhetorical. The former at times is subservient to elegance ; the latter to Emphasis. Whether it be used grammatically or rhetorically, will be indicated by each pas- sage. [See Ernesti in Rh. P. II. ch. iii. 346, p. 169.] There is found —
1. Absolute Ellipsis in single words or terms, the supply of which is furnished by the nature of the context alone } namely, when there is an omission of a Substantive , Adjective , Pronoun , Verb, Participle , Adverb , Preposition , or Conjunction , e.g. — Matt, xix. 17, rrjpyjffov rag evroXdg , [viz. rou 0soD.] — Rom. ii. 18, yivuxsx sig ro Qz\ri[j,u [©sou], — Ch. xii. 19, ri] bpyy [rou 0foCl] : u Ellipsis from a feel- ing of religious reverence.” The Gnom. on the passage. — Heb. ix. 1, Gnom., ? ? crpobrr) — Ch. xiii. 25, ij yd?1* [®s0^]
ruv v. — Gnom. on Luke xiv. 18, «cro ^idc. — 1 Cor. iii. 2, fipufict,
(viz. srepzbv , with which comp. Heb. v. 12). — Rom. v. 11, ov /uovov de [viz. rovroj — • — 2 Cor. iii. 13, xai ov [cro/oD^agi/], xctdd-~ep Mu'iiff7]g sn'tki.