τῆς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῆς

   tês

   of the
2. sentence🔊 οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο κινδυνεύει ἡμῖν τὸ μέρος εἰς ἀπελεγμὸν ἐλθεῖν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τῆς μεγάλης θεᾶς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν εἰς οὐθὲν λογισθῆναι μέλλειν τε καὶ καθαιρεῖσθαι τῆς μεγαλειότητος αὐτῆς ἣν ὅλη ἡ Ἀσία καὶ ἡ οἰκουμένη σέβεται

   ou MO-non de TOU-to kin-dy-NEU-ei hê-MEEN to ME-ros eis a-pe-leg-MON el-THEIN al-LA KAI to tês me-GA-lês the-AS ar-TE-mi-dos hi-e-RON eis ou-THEN lo-gis-THÊ-nai MEL-lein te KAI ka-thai-reis-THAI tês me-ga-lei-O-tê-tos au-TÊS hên HO-lê hê a-SI-a KAI hê oi-kou-ME-nê SE-be-tai

   not only and this is in danger for us the trade into disrepute to come but also the of the great goddess Artemis temple into nothing to be considered to be about both and to be deposed from the magnificence of her whom all the Asia and the inhabited world worships

Exegesis

The focus then expands from economic to religious and civic concerns with the second object, to tēs megalēs theas Artemidos hieron {τὸ τῆς μεγάλης θεᾶς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν | tò tēs me-gá-lēs the-âs Ar-té-mi-dos hi-e-rón}, where the article and cascading genitives emphasize the exalted status of “the temple of the great goddess Artemis.”

kathaireisthai {μέλλειν ... καθαιρεῖσθαι | mél-lein ... ka-thai-reîs-thai} express an impending process whereby Artemis is “about to be stripped” of tēs megaleiotētos autēs {τῆς μεγαλειότητος αὐτῆς | tēs me-ga-lei-ó-tē-tos au-tês}, a genitive of separation indicating loss of her “magnificence.”

Root and etymology

manthanō🔊 μανθάνωmu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega

“to learn, be instructed”

• 🔊 μάθησιςma-thē-sislearning, instruction2 Timothy 3:7
• 🔊 μαθητεύωma-thē-teu-ōto make a discipleMatthew 28:19