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§ XIII.] THE MEDICAL LANGUAGE OF ST. LUKE. 15<br />

This is the only passage in the N. T. in which laTavai<br />

is used in this sense. It is the usual word in the medical<br />

writers to denote the stoppage of bodily discharges, and<br />

especially such as mentioned here. Hipp. Praedic. 80<br />

oicriv Ic, ap\T]g al/jLoppayiai AajSpa/, pi-yoq 'larrfat pvaiv. Hipp.<br />

Morb. Sacr. 306 : i'arrjcrt to lufia. Hipp. Morb. Mul. 639<br />

tTTudav Bl TO pivfxa gtij. Hipp. Morb. Mul. 668 : kqX 6 poog<br />

'iaTUTai. Aretaeus, Cur. Acut. Morb. 109 : irpbg tSpav tj)v<br />

ap\aii]v TO aipa aTi\aavTa — aKiVTf]airj yap rwpSe koI tti'i^l<br />

'[(TTUTai 6 poog. Dioscorides, Mat. Med. i. 132 : '[(TTrjai kuX<br />

povv yvvaiKEiov irpoaTiQifxivov. Do. 148 : /cat XdVKOV povv<br />

'iaTTjai. Do. 148 : 'iaTr](TL §£ kqI aljuoppoidag. Galen. Comm.<br />

iv. 24, Morb. Acut. (xv. 781) : otuv El aT-g to dlfxa. Gralen.<br />

Cur. per Ven. Sect. 22 (si. 313) : Eva^zpCjg laTwai ttjv<br />

alfioppayiav.<br />

The phrase pvaig alfiuTog is used by St. Mark also. It<br />

is quite medical. Hipp. Medicus, 21 : koL ttjv pvaiv rov<br />

aifxaTog KUiXveaOat. Hipp. De Judicat. 53 : rj aifxaTog bk<br />

tCjv piviwv pvcTiv. Hipp. Coac. Progn. 119 : okogokti (pplKUL<br />

TrvKvoi vytaivovcTi, ovtoi i^ a'lfxaTog pvaiog lK7rvi

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