Editorial note — Front matter (continued 4)

This use resembles the "dative of separation" of other languages, as in German es stahl mir das Leben, it stole the life from me, French il me prend la vie, it takes my life, Latin hunc mihi timorem eripe, remove this fear from me, Greek δέξατό οι σκήπτρον, he took his sceptre from him, etc.