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Dear Frans,
It looks to me like 'eleemenos' ('one who has received mercy').
Best,
John Dillon
On Thursday, August 31, 2006, at 5:26 pm, Frans van Liere wrote:
> After George's wise words convinced me to stay on the list, I'd
> like to pick
> your learned brains about something I encountered in the
> commentaries of Andrew
> of Saint Victor on the XII Prophets, which I am currently co-editing.
>
> Frequently, Andrew of Saint Victor (d. 1175) refers to the Jewish
> Messiah as
> "their Helimenus" (helimenus suus). (As in: the Jews think this
> Bible verse
> predicts the coming of their helimenus, but we think it refers to
> Christ.)First I thought this was a reference to Elijah, but ruled
> that out after some
> research. I have not found the word "helimenus" in any respectable
> dictionary.My question: does anyone know of any other uses of this
> word "helimenus"? Does
> anyone have any clue as to its etymology? (It sounds vaguely Greek
> to me, no
> pun intended, but I did not find it in a Greek dictionary either).
> Does anyone
> have any other light to shed on this enigmatic word?
>
> Thank you very much for any suggestions!
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