διὰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 διὰ

   di-A

   through
2. clause🔊 Πολλῆς εἰρήνης τυγχάνομεν διὰ σοῦ καὶ διορθωμάτων γινομένων τῷ ἔθνει τούτῳ διὰ τῆς σῆς προνοίας κράτιστε Φῆλιξ,

   pol-LÊS ei-RÊ-nês tyn-KHA-no-men di-A sou KAI di-or-thō-MA-tōn gi-no-ME-nōn tō ETH-nei TOU-tō di-A tês sês pro-NOI-as KRA-tis-te PHÊ-liks

   of much peace we obtain through you and of reforms being done for the nation this through the your foresight most excellent Felix
3. sentence🔊 κληθέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤρξατο κατηγορεῖν ὁ Τέρτυλλος λέγων· Πολλῆς εἰρήνης τυγχάνομεν διὰ σοῦ καὶ διορθωμάτων γινομένων τῷ ἔθνει τούτῳ διὰ τῆς σῆς προνοίας κράτιστε Φῆλιξ,

   klê-THEN-tos de au-TOU ÊR-ksa-to ka-tê-go-REIN ho TER-tyl-los LE-gōn pol-LÊS ei-RÊ-nês tyn-KHA-no-men di-A sou KAI di-or-thō-MA-tōn gi-no-ME-nōn tō ETH-nei TOU-tō di-A tês sês pro-NOI-as KRA-tis-te PHÊ-liks

   when {he} had been summoned then of him he began to accuse the Tertullus saying of much peace we obtain through you and of reforms being done for the nation this through the your foresight most excellent Felix

Exegesis

The preposition dia {διὰ | diá} with the genitive sou {σοῦ | soû} expresses agency or means, “through you,” attributing the benefits to the addressee’s governance.

The closing prepositional phrase dia tēs sēs pronoias {διὰ τῆς σῆς προνοίας | diá tês sês pro-noí-as} again uses dia with the genitive to attribute both peace and reforms to the ruler’s “foresight,” which is rendered as an abstract quality of prudent administration. In English, the long Greek period is preserved as a single complex sentence within quotation marks, maintaining the rhetorical flattery while clarifying subjects and finite verbs for modern readers.

Root and etymology

dialegomai🔊 διαλέγομαιdelta–iota–alpha–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

“to converse, discuss, reason”

• 🔊 διαλέγομαιdialegomaito reason, discussActs 17:2
• 🔊 διαλογισμόςdelta–iota–alpha–lambda–omicron–gamma–iota–sigma–mu–omicron–sigmareasoning, thoughtLuke 5:22