Commentary Par XXIX 130-132 |
The numbers of the angels increases the higher they are found. Dante's coinage, the verb ingradarsi, is found in slightly altered form (digradarsi) in [Par XXX 125]. In both cases it seems to have the meaning 'to increase step-by-step.' Thus, the higher the eyes of an observer mount, the more angels they are able to take in. And that number is both beyond human vocabulary and mortal conception.