An uncertain quote

[mingshey]

Anybody heard of " Kyrie eleison" as a cry for the general marching in triumph? I don't know the exact spelling and followingly, the morphology and meaning.

[klewlis]

The only context in which I've heard that phrase is in early Christian writings and such (and even current liturgies). I don't know whether it predates that or not... though it would seem odd to have polytheistic Greek armies praying to a single "lord" (unless they meant the god of war).

[annis]

Anybody heard of " Kyrie eleison" as a cry for the general marching in triumph? I don't know the exact spelling and followingly, the morphology and meaning.

This is part of the Catholic mass.

[face=spionic]ku/rie e)le/hson[/face] lord (vocative) have mercy (aorist imperative).

I'm not entirely sure how this is rendered exactly in the Greek of the Eastern mass, since the usual Latin spelling is as you give it "eleison" which I have trouble working into [face=spionic]e)lee/w[/face] (yes, both epsila are correct).

[mingshey]

The only context in which I've heard that phrase is in early Christian writings and such (and even current liturgies). I don't know whether it predates that or not... though it would seem odd to have polytheistic Greek armies praying to a single "lord" (unless they meant the god of war).

Refering one's god as "lord(kyrios)" could be a later usage. I think that it was at first used for the master of a slave, or a person in high social position, kings, etc. Divine beings are thought as "higher" than any person, thus the usage.

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William, thanks!
I also had trouble looking for the morphological analysis in perseus. I trailed down to leizomai(to capture) since I heard that it was used for a triumphant general, but could not find a suitable form for such a use. The roman spelling was misleading, indeed.

[Emma_85]

Maybe the roman spelling originates from a time, when the eta was already being pronounced as it is today in modern Greek - like an i.

[annis]

Maybe the roman spelling originates from a time, when the eta was already being pronounced as it is today in modern Greek - like an i.

D'oh!

I bet that's it.