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Ἀληθινὸς ἔρως · true desire (α 1178) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α1178

α1174I speak truth
α1175truth and true
α1176I am grinding the grain
α1177I speak the truth
α1178true desire
α1179Aleian plain
α1180But the well-born man should either live well or die well - end of story
α1181of Alex
α1182unallocated [things]

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Ἀληθινὸς ἔρως

true desire

Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 May 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 39 words

Translation

[Meaning] the [kind] not excited about the beauty of the body.¹
"A true desire for philosophy was implanted in him, and having broken every earthborn bond and trampled all hopes for honours and material goods, he came before Proclus".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀληθινὸς ἔρως· ὁ μὴ περὶ κάλλος σώματος ἐπτοημένος. ἀληθινὸς ἔρως ἐμφύεται αὐτῷ φιλοσοφίας, καὶ πάντα γηγενῆ δεσμὸν ἀπορρήξας ἐλπίδας τε πάσας τιμῶν τε καὶ χρημάτων καταπατήσας ἀφικνεῖται πρὸς Πρόκλον.

Betacode

*)alhqino\s e)/rws: o( mh\ peri\ ka/llos sw/matos e)ptohme/nos. a)lhqino\s e)/rws e)mfu/etai au)tw=| filosofi/as, kai\ pa/nta ghgenh= desmo\n a)porrh/cas e)lpi/das te pa/sas timw=n te kai\ xrhma/twn katapath/sas a)fiknei=tai pro\s *pro/klon.

Notes (2)

The headword phrase is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given.
For "true" cf. alpha 1177.
1No equivalent glossing in other lexica. ↩
2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 153 Zintzen.

Linked from1 entry

α1177ἈληθινόςI speak the truth[Meaning] I say true things. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)lhqino/s, [meaning] true.

Neighbouring entries

α1176Ἀλήθω τὸν σῖτονI am grinding the grain α1177ἈληθινόςI speak the truth α1178Ἀληθινὸς ἔρωςtrue desire α1179Ἀλήϊον πεδίονAleian plain α1180Ἀλλ' ἢ καλῶς ζῆν ἢ καλῶς τεθνηκέναι τὸν εὐγενῆ χρή πάντ' ἀκήκοας λόγονBut the well-born man should either live well or die well - end of story

Revision history6 revisions · last 30 May 2015

30 May 2015 — David Whitehead
5 Feb 2012another note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Jun 2002added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 Jan 2001added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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7 May 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀληθινὸς ἔρως (Adler number alpha 1178), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 7 May 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1178

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗