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Mat 27:13. Τότε, then) Pilate conducted himself moderately at first in the judgment of the cause.-Πιλάτος,[1182] Pilatus, Pilate) Nonnus shortens the middle syllable; and passim, the Greeks sharpen[1183] the long vowel of the Latins in πρίμος, Τουρκουάτος Δειτάτος, etc. (primus, Torquátus, Dentatus, etc.)-οὐκ ἀκούεις, Dost thou not hear?) A separate question;[1184] cf. Mar 15:4.
[1182] Lachm. and Tisch. write it Πιλᾶτος.-ED.
[1183] i.e. They distinguish it with the acute accent.-(I. B.)
[1184] Although joined in the V. G. with the following words.-E. B.