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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
24. Rule 24: What is Reviling? (R. 41)
Every word said with the intention of doing dishonour, even though the word itself does not seem to be insulting, is reviling.2 And this is clear from the Gospel which says of the Jews: “They reviled him and said to him, Thou art his disciple.”3
Notes
- R. has “Quis est maledicus, id est Λοίδορος?”
- This definition seems to be derived from the following quotation rather than from the intrinsic force of the word.
- Jn. ix. 28 add αὐτῷ after εἶπον.