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The readings

213 places where the transcription of the Pedalion was corrected before it was printed here, each with the reason, and 9 where the reading is still open.

The Greek on these pages is the Pedalion as transcribed by Nektarios Mamalougos at users.uoa.gr/~nektar, a transcription that Greek Wikisource carries too, with the same misprints. Reading each canon for its plain sense turned up letters the transcription had confused (ο for σ is the commonest, ν for υ and ε for ς after it), words that exist nowhere else in the corpus with a neighbour one letter away that does, and a few places where the printed Pedalion itself differs. Each correction below names what the transcription printed, what is read here, and why. Where the evidence does not settle a reading, the transcription is printed as it stands and the doubt is recorded at the end.

The Apostolic Canons 28

  1. Canon 3: θυσιαοτήριον is read θυσιαστήριον

    The same word is spelled θυσιαστήριον earlier in this canon; ο for σ is the transcription's commonest slip.

  2. Canon 6: κοσμικάς φροντίδας is read κοσμικὰς φροντίδας

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  3. Canon 10: κἄν ἐν οἴκῳ is read κἂν ἐν οἴκῳ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows. Canons 14 and 67 print κἂν.

  4. Canon 11: ὤν κληρικῷ is read ὢν κληρικῷ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  5. Canon 17: συμπλακείς μετὰ is read συμπλακεὶς μετὰ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  6. Canon 22: γὰρ ἐστιν is read γάρ ἐστιν

    Before the enclitic ἐστιν the acute stays, as canon 24 has it.

  7. Canon 28: καθαιρεθείς δικαίως is read καθαιρεθεὶς δικαίως

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  8. Canon 29: καί τῆς κοινωνίας is read καὶ τῆς κοινωνίας

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  9. Canon 31: κατεγνωκώς τοῦ ἐπισκόπου is read κατεγνωκὼς τοῦ ἐπισκόπου

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  10. Canon 33: ἤ πρεσβυτέρων is read ἢ πρεσβυτέρων

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows. The disjunctive is grave everywhere else in the collection.

  11. Canon 34: ἕκαοτον is read ἕκαστον

    ο printed for σ. ἕκαοτον is no word; "each bishop" needs ἕκαστον.

  12. Canon 34: ἠγεῖσθαι is read ἡγεῖσθαι

    The verb is ἡγέομαι, "regard as head"; the breathing is rough.

  13. Canon 34: χρή τὸν is read χρὴ τὸν

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  14. Canon 34: μηδὲν τι is read μηδέν τι

    An oxytone before an enclitic keeps its acute.

  15. Canon 35: ἐχειροτόνηοεν is read ἐχειροτόνησεν

    ο printed for σ. The aorist, "whom he ordained".

  16. Canon 37: ἀλλήλως is read ἀλλήλοις

    ἀλλήλως does not exist; the reciprocal dative, "with one another".

  17. Canon 37: ἐκκλησιαστικάς ἀντιλογίας is read ἐκκλησιαστικὰς ἀντιλογίας

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  18. Canon 41: ἐπιχορηνεῖσθαι is read ἐπιχορηγεῖσθαι

    The verb is ἐπιχορηγέω, to supply: the bishop supplies the needy through the presbyters and deacons. There is no verb ἐπιχορηνέω.

  19. Canon 48: γυναίκα is read γυναῖκα

    γυναῖκα fourteen times elsewhere; the acute is the monotonic habit showing through.

  20. Canon 49: ἄναρχους is read ἀνάρχους

    With the long ending -ους the accent cannot stand on the antepenult.

  21. Canon 50: μυήοεως is read μυήσεως

    ο printed for σ. The genitive of μύησις, initiation.

  22. Canon 59: δὲ, is read δέ,

    A grave printed for the acute before a pause. Canon 5 has "ἐπιμένων δέ,".

  23. Canon 67: καθῃρετίσατο is read ᾑρετίσατο

    No such form; a blend of καθαιρέω with ᾑρετίσατο, the aorist middle of αἱρετίζω, "whom he chose".

  24. Canon 67: Εἰ τις is read Εἴ τις

    The enclitic τις throws its accent back on to εἰ, as in every other canon.

  25. Canon 74: δυὸ πάλιν is read δύο πάλιν

    δύο, as two lines earlier in the same canon.

  26. Canon 80: εἰμή is read εἰ μή

    Two words run together: εἰ μή που, "unless perhaps".

  27. Canon 85: Ρούθ is read Ῥούθ

    An initial rho takes the rough breathing.

  28. Canon 85: ἐπιστολαὶ, is read ἐπιστολαί,

    A grave printed for the acute before a pause. Compare "Πέτρου ἐπιστολαί," in the same canon.

The First Ecumenical Council 14

  1. Canon 2: κατηχουμένω is read κατηχουμένῳ

    A dative; the iota subscript was dropped. After δεῖ τῷ.

  2. Canon 5: γινεσθωοαν is read γινέσθωσαν

    ο printed for σ. and the accent lost: "let the synods be held".

  3. Canon 5: ἐκθέσαι is read ἐκθέσθαι

    "To put forth a vote" is the aorist middle infinitive of ἐκτίθημι; a theta dropped.

  4. Canon 8: ἀποστολικὴ ἐκκλησία is read ἀποστολικῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ

    Dative, agreeing with τῇ καθολικῇ after προσερχομένων.

  5. Canon 8: τήν τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου is read τὴν τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  6. Canon 8: δοκοίῃ is read δοκοίη

    The third singular optative ends in -οίη; the subscript is spurious.

  7. Canon 9: πρεσβύτεροι, ἀνακρινόμενοι is read πρεσβύτεροι, ἢ ἀνακρινόμενοι

    The disjunctive dropped. The canon covers two cases: advanced without examination, or confessing on examination.

  8. Canon 11: ὅ γέγονεν is read ὃ γέγονεν

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  9. Canon 12: ἐπιοτροφὴν is read ἐπιστροφὴν

    ο for σ; ἐπιστροφή, conversion, is the word, and occurs three times elsewhere in the canons.

  10. Canon 12: τινάς καὶ is read τινὰς καὶ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  11. Canon 15: ἀποοτολικὸν is read ἀποστολικὸν

    ο for σ: "the apostolic canon" (Apostolic 14 and 15), ἀποστολικὸν three times elsewhere.

  12. Canon 15: ὅρόν is read ὅρον

    Two accents on one word; ὅρον takes only the first.

  13. Canon 17: πλεοναξίαν is read πλεονεξίαν

    πλεονεξία, covetousness; α printed for ε. πλεοναξία is no word.

  14. Canon 18: περιῃρείσθω is read περιῃρήσθω

    The perfect passive imperative; the printed form mixes the perfect augment with the present stem.

The Second Ecumenical Council 5

  1. Canon 1: ἐν Κωνσταντινούπολει is read ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει

    The dative of -πολις is accented -πόλει, as twice elsewhere.

  2. Canon 4: αὐτὸν, καὶ is read αὐτόν, καὶ

    A grave printed for the acute before a pause.

  3. Canon 7: Σφραγὶς δωρεὰς is read Σφραγὶς δωρεᾶς

    The words of chrismation, "the seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit": δωρεᾶς is the genitive singular; δωρεάς would be "gifts".

  4. Canon 7: ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν is read ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν

    "Those from among them", as ἀπὸ αἱρετικῶν at the start of the canon and as Trullo 95, which repeats it, has it. "By them" makes no sense.

  5. Canon 7: μὲν, is read μέν,

    A grave printed for the acute before a pause.

The Third Ecumenical Council 8

  1. Canon 1: ἀγάπη is read ἀγάπῃ

    A dative; the iota subscript was dropped. Coordinated with τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἁγιότητι.

  2. Canon 5: καί μένειν is read καὶ μένειν

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  3. Canon 6: οἰῳδήποτε is read οἱῳδήποτε

    οἷος takes the rough breathing, as οἱασδηποτοῦν in canon 7.

  4. Canon 7: ἁπαλλοτριούσθαι is read ἀπαλλοτριοῦσθαι

    The prefix is ἀπό, smooth; and an -όω verb contracts to -οῦσθαι.

  5. Canon 8: οἱ σῦν αὐτῷ is read οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ

    The preposition σύν; there is no σῦν.

  6. Canon 8: ὑφ´ἑαυτὸν is read ὑφ᾿ ἑαυτὸν

    The elision mark is a Latin acute (U+00B4) and the space is missing; the koronis used everywhere else.

  7. Canon 8: περεισδύηται is read παρεισδύηται

    παρεισδύομαι, to creep in; there is no περεισδύομαι.

  8. Canon 8: καθαρᾷ is read καθαρὰ

    Paired with ἀβίαστα, agreeing with the neuter plural τὰ δίκαια; the feminine dative was pulled in by ἑκάστῃ ἐπαρχίᾳ before it.

The Fourth Ecumenical Council 13

  1. Canon 3: κοσμικά ἐργολαβοῦσι is read κοσμικὰ ἐργολαβοῦσι

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  2. Canon 4: μόνη is read μόνῃ

    A dative; the iota subscript was dropped. Agreeing with τῇ νηστείᾳ.

  3. Canon 7: ὅ διὰ Θεὸν is read ὃ διὰ Θεὸν

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  4. Canon 8: ἀφηνιάτωοαν is read ἀφηνιάτωσαν

    ο printed for σ. The imperative of ἀφηνιάζω, parallel to διαμενέτωσαν.

  5. Canon 17: καθά προείρηται is read καθὰ προείρηται

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  6. Canon 19: συντρέχιν is read συντρέχειν

    The infinitive after ὥρισε, like διορθοῦν after it; the ε of -ειν dropped.

  7. Canon 25: χειτοτονίας is read χειροτονίας

    τ printed for ρ; spelled correctly twice more in the canon.

  8. Canon 25: σώαν is read σῶαν

    σῶος has a long first syllable and a short ending: circumflex.

  9. Canon 27: ἐκπίπττειν is read ἐκπίπτειν

    A doubled τ; canons 10 and 12 spell it correctly.

  10. Canon 28: θεοφιλέστατων is read θεοφιλεστάτων

    The long genitive plural pulls the accent to the penult.

  11. Canon 28: σκοπῶ is read σκοπῷ

    A dative; the iota subscript was dropped. After τῷ αὐτῷ.

  12. Canon 28: ἁγιωτάτω is read ἁγιωτάτῳ

    A dative; the iota subscript was dropped. Agreeing with τῷ θρόνῳ.

  13. Canon 28: δηλαδή ἑκάστου is read δηλαδὴ ἑκάστου

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

The Council in Trullo 105

  1. Canon 1: Χριστού is read Χριστοῦ

    Χριστοῦ fifteen times elsewhere.

  2. Canon 1: κατὰ τα προορισθέντα is read κατὰ τὰ προορισθέντα

    The article τὰ, with its accent.

  3. Canon 1: ληττήσαντι is read λυττήσαντι

    λυττάω, to rage: "who raged against the truth". There is no stem ληττ-.

  4. Canon 1: Ἰουστιανιανοῦ is read Ἰουστινιανοῦ

    A syllable doubled in the emperor's name.

  5. Canon 1: ἐτεροθεΐας is read ἑτεροθεΐας

    A compound of ἕτερος: rough breathing.

  6. Canon 1: Θεόν ἀναπαύεσθαι is read Θεὸν ἀναπαύεσθαι

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  7. Canon 1: Θεόν ἰδικῶς is read Θεὸν ἰδικῶς

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  8. Canon 1: φυσικάς θελήσεις is read φυσικὰς θελήσεις

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  9. Canon 1: τὰ τε γραφέντα is read τά τε γραφέντα

    Before the enclitic τε the acute stays.

  10. Canon 1: βασιλεύς σφραγίσι is read βασιλεὺς σφραγίσι

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  11. Canon 1: τά τε, ὑπὸ τῶν αἱρετικῶν is read τά τε ὑπὸ τῶν αἱρετικῶν

    A stray comma between the article and its participle phrase.

  12. Canon 2: ἐν Καρθαγένη is read ἐν Καρθαγένῃ

    ἐν takes the dative, and the canon writes ἐν Καρθαγένῃ with the iota subscript three times elsewhere.

  13. Canon 2: ἐν ταῦτῃ is read ἐν ταύτῃ

    ταύτῃ takes the acute; Trullo 1 has the same phrase, "ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ θεοφυλάκτῳ", correctly.

  14. Canon 2: θεοφύλακτῳ is read θεοφυλάκτῳ

    θεοφυλάκτῳ four times elsewhere, including in this canon.

  15. Canon 2: γνήσιᾳ is read γνησίᾳ

    The long dative ending puts the accent on the penult.

  16. Canon 2: τῶν ἐν αὖθις is read τῶν αὖθις

    A stray ἐν: "of those who came together again in this city".

  17. Canon 2: ἐκθέντα is read ἐκτεθέντα

    The agent is ὑπὸ Κυπριανοῦ καὶ τῆς κατ᾿ αὐτὸν συνόδου, so the participle is passive.

  18. Canon 2: θεοφυλακτου is read θεοφυλάκτου

    The accent dropped; correct elsewhere in the canon.

  19. Canon 3: ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς θεοφυλάκτου ταύτης καὶ βασιλίδος πόλεως θρόνον is read ὑπὸ τὸν τῆς θεοφυλάκτου ταύτης καὶ βασιλίδος πόλεως θρόνον

    The article agrees with the accusative θρόνον: "those under the throne of this city".

  20. Canon 3: ἐξακισχιλιοστοῦ is read ἑξακισχιλιοστοῦ

    From ἕξ: rough breathing.

  21. Canon 3: ἐκατοστοῦ ἐννάτου is read ἑκατοστοῦ ἐνενηκοστοῦ ἐνάτου

    From ἑκατόν: rough breathing. And the year: as printed the numeral gives 6109 from the creation, which is AD 601, before Justinian II was born. The canon dates itself by "the past fourth indiction", and the fourth indiction under Justinian II ran from September 690, whose January falls in the year 6199: ἐνενηκοστοῦ had dropped out, and ἐννάτου is the later spelling of ἐνάτου.

  22. Canon 3: δυσί γάμοις is read δυσὶ γάμοις

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  23. Canon 3: προδηλωθείσι is read προδηλωθεῖσι

    The dative plural participle takes the circumflex.

  24. Canon 3: ἐπί τῆς σκηνῆς is read ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  25. Canon 3: ἢ διάκονον ἢ ὅλως is read ἢ διάκονον, ἢ ὅλως

    A comma missing in a list punctuated item by item.

  26. Canon 4: ὑποδιάκονος. ἢ is read ὑποδιάκονος, ἢ

    A full stop inside the list of clerical grades.

  27. Canon 6: γυναικῖ is read γυναικί

    The dative is γυναικί; a circumflex cannot stand on a short final ι.

  28. Canon 6: ψάλτας γαμεῖν καὶ ἡμεῖς is read ψάλτας γαμεῖν· καὶ ἡμεῖς

    καὶ ἡμεῖς begins the main clause after the Ἐπειδή clause.

  29. Canon 7: ὑπὸ τίνος is read ὑπό τινος

    Luke 14.8, "ὅταν κληθῇς ὑπό τινος": the indefinite, enclitic, throwing its accent back on to ὑπό. τίνος would ask "by whom?".

  30. Canon 7: μὴ κατακλιθεὶς is read μὴ κατακλιθῇς

    Luke 14.8: a prohibitive subjunctive after μή. The participle leaves the sentence without a verb.

  31. Canon 7: καταβιβασθείς βαθμοῦ is read καταβιβασθεὶς βαθμοῦ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  32. Canon 7: κεκληκὼς, is read κεκληκώς,

    A grave printed for the acute before a pause.

  33. Canon 8: εἱκὸς is read εἰκὸς

    εἰκός takes the smooth breathing.

  34. Canon 8: δοκιμάσει ἐπίσκοπος τοὺς δὲ is read δοκιμάσει ἐπίσκοπος· τοὺς δὲ

    τοὺς δὲ μὴ συνιόντας begins a new clause, not the object of δοκιμάσει.

  35. Canon 11: πράξαι is read πρᾶξαι

    After ἐπιχειροίη an infinitive: πρᾶξαι. πράξαι is the optative.

  36. Canon 12: πράττων καθαιρείσθω is read πράττων, καθαιρείσθω

    The comma between the condition and the penalty.

  37. Canon 13: ἐξακολοθοῦντες is read ἐξακολουθοῦντες

    The υ of ου dropped from ἐξακολουθέω.

  38. Canon 13: τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους κατὰ καιρὸν is read τῆς πρὸς ἀλλήλους κατὰ καιρὸν

    ἀποστεροῦντες takes the genitive, as ἀποστερεῖν τῆς συναφείας later in the canon.

  39. Canon 13: μεταχειρήσεως is read μεταχειρίσεως

    μεταχείρισις, from μεταχειρίζομαι; an itacism.

  40. Canon 13: ἀφοριζέσθῳ is read ἀφοριζέσθω

    An imperative takes no iota subscript; καθαιρείσθω in the same canon is right.

  41. Canon 16: ἄξιον, πὼς is read ἄξιον, πῶς

    Chrysostom's two questions run "πῶς ... πῶς"; the second is spelled right in the same sentence.

  42. Canon 16: πεισθείσῃ is read πεισθήσῃ

    Quoting Neocaesarea 15, "πεισθήσῃ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς βίβλου τῶν Πράξεων": a future, not a dative participle.

  43. Canon 16: οὖς is read οὓς

    The relative "whom"; οὖς is an ear.

  44. Canon 16: καὶ τοι is read καίτοι

    One word, "and yet".

  45. Canon 18: γινέσθῳ is read γινέσθω

    An imperative takes no iota subscript.

  46. Canon 23: μεταδιδόαμεν is read μεταδίδομεν

    The present of μεταδίδωμι, "we impart"; μεταδιδόαμεν is no form.

  47. Canon 23: ζηλωτής is read ζηλωτὴς

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  48. Canon 24: ἐξέστῳ is read ἐξέστω

    An imperative takes no iota subscript; canon 20 prints ἐξέστω.

  49. Canon 24: ἐξαναστήτῳ is read ἐξαναστήτω

    An imperative takes no iota subscript.

  50. Canon 26: συνχωρηθῆναι is read συγχωρηθῆναι

    ν assimilates to γ before χ.

  51. Canon 29: ἐν ᾖ is read ἐν ᾗ

    The relative "on which day", not the subjunctive of εἰμί.

  52. Canon 29: λύει is read λύειν

    μὴ δεῖν takes an infinitive, parallel to ἀτιμάζειν; the final ν dropped.

  53. Canon 32: ᾖλθεν is read ἦλθεν

    The aorist of ἔρχομαι takes no iota subscript.

  54. Canon 32: δεικνὺς, is read δεικνύς,

    A grave printed for the acute before a pause.

  55. Canon 32: μιγνῦναι is read μιγνύναι

    The infinitive of μίγνυμι is paroxytone.

  56. Canon 33: ὄρους is read ὅρους

    ὅρος, a rule, which the canons lay down; ὄρος is a mountain.

  57. Canon 34: πάντη is read πάντῃ

    The adverb takes the subscript; the same canon later prints πάντῃ.

  58. Canon 35: οὐχ᾿ ὑπελείφθησαν is read οὐχ ὑπελείφθησαν

    A stray elision mark; nothing is elided.

  59. Canon 37: ἀνῆκει is read ἀνήκει

    The present of ἀνήκω.

  60. Canon 37: οἰκονομίας ὄρος is read οἰκονομίας ὅρος

    "The limit of oikonomia", not its mountain.

  61. Canon 39: Ἐλλησπόντιον is read Ἑλλησπόντιον

    Rough breathing, as Ἑλλησποντίων later in the canon.

  62. Canon 40: κολλάσθαι is read κολλᾶσθαι

    The contracted infinitive of κολλάομαι takes the circumflex.

  63. Canon 40: εἰς τὸν χρόνον αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆναι is read εἰ εἰς τὸν χρόνον αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆναι

    ἡγεῖται cannot be construed without a conjunction; εἰ fell out before εἰς by haplography.

  64. Canon 40: ἐπτακαιδέκατον is read ἑπτακαιδέκατον

    From ἑπτά: rough breathing.

  65. Canon 41: σκοπός αὐτῶν is read σκοπὸς αὐτῶν

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  66. Canon 43: τὴν του οἰκείου is read τὴν τοῦ οἰκείου

    The article τοῦ.

  67. Canon 45: βεβαώσασαν is read βεβαιώσασαν

    βεβαιόω; the iota dropped. There is no βεβαόω.

  68. Canon 45: εἱκός is read εἰκός

    ὡς εἰκός takes the smooth breathing.

  69. Canon 45: καί παντοίαις is read καὶ παντοίαις

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  70. Canon 45: τήν τοῦ βίου is read τὴν τοῦ βίου

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  71. Canon 46: ἠγουμενίαν is read ἡγουμενίαν

    From ἡγέομαι: rough breathing.

  72. Canon 47: ἀνδρώῳ is read ἀνδρῴῳ

    ἀνδρῷος, like πατρῷος: the stem omega carries the subscript.

  73. Canon 48: ἐπισκοπῇς is read ἐπισκοπῆς

    A genitive after προεδρίαν; the dative cannot stand.

  74. Canon 54: Οὐκ᾿ is read Οὐκ

    A stray elision mark; οὐκ is not elided.

  75. Canon 56: μεμαθήκαμέν is read μεμαθήκαμεν

    The enclitic τε gives its accent to ἐν (ἔν τε), not to the verb before it.

  76. Canon 57: χρῇ is read χρὴ

    The impersonal χρή, as in the identical opening of canon 64.

  77. Canon 58: πρεσβυτέρoυ is read πρεσβυτέρου

    A Latin o inside the Greek word, from the transcription's keyboard. Written here as a join so that this file does not itself carry the mixed word.

  78. Canon 59: ἀξιοῦοθαι is read ἀξιοῦσθαι

    ο printed for σ.

  79. Canon 60: οἰκειῶν, ἐν γίνεται is read οἰκειῶν, ἓν γίνεται

    Found reading the flag beside it. The canon quotes 1 Corinthians 6.17, "ἓν πνεῦμά ἐστι", and answers it: whoever joins himself to the adversary becomes ONE with him. ἐν, "in", makes no sense there.

  80. Canon 61: ἁπλούστερων is read ἁπλουστέρων

    The long genitive plural pulls the accent to the penult.

  81. Canon 61: καθώς καὶ is read καθὼς καὶ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  82. Canon 62: ἀπὸ τοῦ νύν is read ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν

    "From now on", νῦν, as twenty-five times elsewhere.

  83. Canon 62: Τάς οὕτω is read Τὰς οὕτω

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  84. Canon 63: συμπλασθέτα is read συμπλασθέντα

    The aorist passive participle of συμπλάσσω; the ν dropped.

  85. Canon 63: ἀλληθέσι is read ἀληθέσι

    A doubled λ.

  86. Canon 63: τούς τοῦ Χριστοῦ is read τοὺς τοῦ Χριστοῦ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  87. Canon 64: Τὶ is read Τί

    The interrogative, opening a question parallel to τί γίνῃ; the enclitic cannot begin a clause.

  88. Canon 64: ταχύς ἐν λόγοις is read ταχὺς ἐν λόγοις

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  89. Canon 65: ἐκλῃδονίζετο is read ἐκληδονίζετο

    κληδονίζομαι, from κληδών, no subscript; so the LXX at 4 Kingdoms 21.6.

  90. Canon 66: τούς πιστούς is read τοὺς πιστοὺς

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  91. Canon 67: τέχνῃ τινί κατασκευάζουσιν is read τέχνῃ τινὶ κατασκευάζουσιν

    After paroxytone τέχνῃ the enclitic keeps its accent, grave before the next word.

  92. Canon 71: καθ᾿ ὂν καιρὸν is read καθ᾿ ὃν καιρὸν

    The relative, "at the time when": rough breathing.

  93. Canon 76: παρεκευλεύσατο is read παρεκελεύσατο

    A stray υ in παρακελεύομαι.

  94. Canon 76 (2 times): οἷκον is read οἶκον

    Iota with rough breathing printed for οἶκ-; the only two instances in the seven collections.

  95. Canon 79: τὸν ἀφραστον is read τὸν ἄφραστον

    ἄφραστος is proparoxytone; the accent had been dropped.

  96. Canon 84: διὰ τὴν κεῖραν is read διὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν

    κεῖραν is no word. The canon reproduces Carthage on infants, "per aetatem": διὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν, on account of their age.

  97. Canon 85: γραψικῶς is read γραφικῶς

    ψ printed for φ; "from Scripture", as γραφικός in canon 19.

  98. Canon 86: εἰ δὲ λαϊκοὶ, ἀφορίζεσθαι is read εἰ δὲ λαϊκοί, ἀφορίζεσθαι

    A grave printed for the acute before a pause.

  99. Canon 87: πιοτοῖς is read πιστοῖς

    ο for σ: "to stand with the faithful", the fourth grade of penance, πιστοῖς twice elsewhere.

  100. Canon 88: οἰκίστου is read οἰκίσκου

    τ printed for κ: a traveller lacking a hut and a lodging. οἰκιστής, the founder of a colony, makes no sense.

  101. Canon 88: ἡγεῖσθαι τήν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου is read ἡγεῖσθαι τὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  102. Canon 90: πανηνυρίζειν is read πανηγυρίζειν

    ν printed for γ; πανηνυρίζω does not exist.

  103. Canon 95: χρισμένους is read χριομένους

    Trullo 95 repeats Constantinople I 7 word for word here, and there the transcription reads "σφραγιζομένους, ἤτοι χριομένους πρῶτον τῷ ἁγίῳ μύρῳ".

  104. Canon 102: τοῦ κάμνοντας is read τοῦ κάμνοντος

    The article τοῦ needs the genitive participle.

  105. Canon 102: ἀῤῥῶστημα is read ἀῤῥώστημα

    A circumflex cannot stand on the antepenult; ἀῤῥωστήματι earlier in the canon.

The Seventh Ecumenical Council 40

  1. Canon 1: ἄῤῥρητα is read ἄῤῥητα

    Three rhos; the "unspeakable words" of 2 Corinthians 12.4.

  2. Canon 1: οὕς μὲν is read οὓς μὲν

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  3. Canon 1: οὕς δέ τῇ is read οὓς δὲ τῇ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows. The later members of the series print οὓς δὲ.

  4. Canon 1: ἕξ ἁγίων is read ἓξ ἁγίων

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  5. Canon 2: Σῦ is read Σὺ

    σύ never takes a circumflex.

  6. Canon 4: τελοῦντος is read τελοῦντας

    Agreeing with τοὺς ὑπ᾿ αὐτὸν ἐπισκόπους, ἢ κληρικούς, ἢ μοναχούς.

  7. Canon 5: δ᾿ ἐπιτιμίου is read δι᾿ ἐπιτιμίου

    The genitive needs διά; canon 16 prints δι᾿ ἐπιτιμίου.

  8. Canon 5: ἀπό τοῦ is read ἀπὸ τοῦ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  9. Canon 5: οὖπερ is read οὗπερ

    The relative takes the rough breathing; Chalcedon 2, quoted here, prints οὗπερ.

  10. Canon 7: ἀνανεωθήναι is read ἀνανεωθῆναι

    The aorist passive infinitive is circumflexed on -ῆναι.

  11. Canon 11: τὸ αὐτὸ δε φυλάττεσθαι is read τὸ αὐτὸ δὲ φυλάττεσθαι

    The particle δὲ, with its accent.

  12. Canon 11: μή γε ἐξ αὐθεντίας ἰδίας, is read μή γε, ἐξ αὐθεντίας ἰδίας

    εἰ δὲ μή γε is a fixed formula that stands alone, as in canons 13 and 22; the comma belongs after γε.

  13. Canon 12: συνγενέσιν is read συγγενέσιν

    A nasal before γ is written γ; Apostolic 38 prints συγγενέσιν.

  14. Canon 12: τὸ μοναστηρίῳ is read τῷ μοναστηρίῳ

    The article is dative, parallel to τῷ ἐπισκοπείῳ.

  15. Canon 13: εὗ καὶ is read εὖ καὶ

    The adverb εὖ has the smooth breathing.

  16. Canon 13: μῆγε is read μή γε

    The formula εἰ δὲ μή γε, printed correctly in canons 11 and 22.

  17. Canon 14: συντάξει is read συνάξει

    The reading is done in the synaxis, the assembly.

  18. Canon 14: καί κατὰ is read καὶ κατὰ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  19. Canon 14: ἐστι ἐν is read ἐστιν ἐν

    The movable ν before a vowel.

  20. Canon 15: τοῦ βίου τοῦτου is read τοῦ βίου τούτου

    The genitive of οὗτος is τούτου; τοῦτου is no form at all.

  21. Canon 15: τούτου ἴδιον is read τοῦτο ἴδιον

    ἴδιον needs a nominative subject: "this is proper to trade".

  22. Canon 15: εἴτις is read εἴ τις

    Word division.

  23. Canon 15: χεῖραις is read χεῖρες

    The nominative plural subject of ὑπηρέτησαν; χεῖραις is no form.

  24. Canon 15: θεοφυλάκτω is read θεοφυλάκτῳ

    A dative; the iota subscript was dropped. Canon 10 prints it correctly.

  25. Canon 16: αἵρεσις. καὶ is read αἵρεσις, καὶ

    The Ἐπεὶ δὲ clause runs on to its apodosis; the lower-case καί shows the full stop is spurious.

  26. Canon 16: Πὰν is read Πᾶν

    The neuter πᾶν is circumflexed.

  27. Canon 16: ἐτερόχροα is read ἑτερόχροα

    From ἕτερος: rough breathing.

  28. Canon 16: οὐδέ ἐκ is read οὐδὲ ἐκ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  29. Canon 18: ἐν τῆς ἐκεῖσε is read τὴν ἐκεῖσε

    ἐν cannot govern a genitive: πορείαν τὴν ἐκεῖσε ποιήσασθαι, "to make the journey there".

  30. Canon 19: ἱερατικῳ is read ἱερατικῷ

    ἱερατικῷ four times elsewhere.

  31. Canon 19: εὑρεθῆ is read εὑρεθῇ

    The aorist passive subjunctive after Εἴ τις οὖν; the subscript lost.

  32. Canon 19: προικώων is read προικῴων

    The genitive plural of προικῷος.

  33. Canon 20: ἐχέτῳ is read ἐχέτω

    An imperative takes no iota subscript.

  34. Canon 20: ἀνδρώου is read ἀνδρῴου

    The genitive of ἀνδρῷος; the same canon prints ἀνδρῷον.

  35. Canon 21: προλαμβάνεσθαι is read προσλαμβάνεσθαι

    The canon contrasts hospitality with being taken in as a member: προσλαμβάνεσθαι.

  36. Canon 22: συμβῂ is read συμβῇ

    The aorist subjunctive συμβῇ, twice elsewhere.

  37. Canon 22: αὐτήν ἐν is read αὐτὴν ἐν

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  38. Canon 22: λογισμούς is read λογισμοὺς

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows. Before ὀφείλομεν.

  39. Canon 22: ἀναμίξ is read ἀναμὶξ

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

  40. Canon 22: ἐστίν ἡσύχιος is read ἐστὶν ἡσύχιος

    An acute printed for the grave before a following word; no enclitic follows.

Still open 9

Printed as transcribed. Each note says what the difficulty is and what the reading probably should be; the printed page of the Pedalion decides.

  1. Trullo, canon 16: ἆρα

    "ὁποῖον δὲ ἆρα ἀξίωμα", from Chrysostom on Acts. The interrogative ἆρα and the inferential ἄρα both read; the sense barely changes.

  2. Apostolic, canon 41: πολλοῦ ἂν δέῃ

    ἄν with the subjunctive cannot stand in a main clause, and πολλοῦ δεῖ ("far from it") would reverse the a fortiori argument; the commonly printed text is said to read πολλῷ ἂν δέοι μᾶλλον. The translation follows that sense.

  3. Chalcedon, canon 22: τοῖς παραλαμβάνουσιν

    "As has been forbidden to those who take over" has no referent; probably τοῖς πάλαι κανόσιν, "by the ancient canons".

  4. Chalcedon, canon 30: μεγαλουπόλεως

    The same canon writes μεγαλουπόλεως and then μεγαλοπόλεως; μεγαλόπολις gives the second.

  5. Constantinople I, canon 6: ἐπιτιμήσασθαι

    The legal idiom for an accuser binding himself to a counter-penalty is ὑποτιμᾶσθαι, which fits τὸν ἴσον κίνδυνον; probable, not proven.

  6. Nicaea II, canon 1: Καί, Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

    Looks like haplography of εἰ before εἰς; the comma and capital make it read as a quotation, which it is not.

  7. Nicaea II, canon 5: ἢ δι᾿ αἰσχροκέρδειαν

    Quoting Chalcedon 2, which reads "τοῦ κανόνος, δι᾿ αἰσχροκέρδειαν οἰκείαν" with no ἢ.

  8. Nicaea II, canon 9: τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ

    Books "stored with the other heretical books" need a place, the ἐπισκοπεῖον of Constantinople; the transcription names the bishop.

  9. Nicaea II, canon 5: ἐκκοπτέσθωσαν

    Quoting Apostolic 29, which has the singular ἐκκοπτέσθω; the plural cuts off the ordainer as well. Translated as printed here; the printed page decides.