Ἀλλοίωσις
alteration
Translated by Marcelo Boeri6 Jan 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Alteration is a change from [sc. something] endowed with form into [sc. something else] endowed with form, the same substratum remaining. But the [term] affection [pa/qos ] is found in two senses: that which leads into deterioration is called in the strict sense both affection and alteration, and that which leads into completeness is called in the strict sense neither affection nor alteration, but rather generation.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλλοίωσις· ἀλλοίωσίς ἐστι μεταβολὴ ἐξ εἰδοπεποιημένου εἰς εἰδοπεποιημένον, τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὑποκειμένου μένοντος. διττοῦ δὲ τοῦ πάθους λεγομένου, τὸ μὲν εἰς φθορὰν ἄγον κυρίως λέγεται πάθος τε καὶ ἀλλοίωσις, τὸ δὲ εἰς τελειότητα, οὐ κυρίως λέγεται πάθος οὐδὲ ἀλλοίωσις, ἀλλὰ γένεσις μᾶλλον.
Betacode
*)alloi/wsis: a)lloi/wsi/s e)sti metabolh\ e)c ei)dopepoihme/nou ei)s ei)dopepoihme/non, tou= au)tou= u(pokeime/nou me/nontos. dittou= de\ tou= pa/qous legome/nou, to\ me\n ei)s fqora\n a)/gon kuri/ws le/getai pa/qos te kai\ a)lloi/wsis, to\ de\ ei)s teleio/thta, ou) kuri/ws le/getai pa/qos ou)de\ a)lloi/wsis, a)lla\ ge/nesis ma=llon.