Ἀνάλογον
proportion, proportionate
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 May 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
The definition of proportion is this: it has a size proportionate to the reciprocal things which display the same a)nqufai/resis -- Aristotle's word for a corresponding diminution. Those things which have proportion to one another also are said to be similar to one another.1
Buta)na/logon [also] means similarly.
And elsewhere: "the soldiers [were] noble to see, and were proportionate to their equivalent status."2
Also [sc. attested is the related adverb]a)nalo/gws , [meaning] equally. Also [sc. attested is the comparative] a)nalogw/teron , [meaning] that which is loftier, wiser, more analogical.
But
And elsewhere: "the soldiers [were] noble to see, and were proportionate to their equivalent status."2
Also [sc. attested is the related adverb]