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39. τοῦτο … γινώσκετε. ‘This ye know.’
ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης. “Goodman” is an archaic expression for the master of the house, the paterfamilias. It is said to be a corruption of the Saxon gumman, ‘a man,’ goodwife being formed from it by false analogy.
οὐκ ἂν ἀφῆκεν διορυχθῆναι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ. ‘He would not have left his house to be broken into.’ Literally, ‘to be dug through,’ the houses being often of mud.