Ἀρρώστημα νοσήματος διαφέρει
an ailment differs from a disease
Translated by Marcelo Boeri23 May 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[An ailment differs from a disease]; "for an ailment is a disease accompanied by weakness, whereas a disease [is] a strong impression of something that seems worth choosing. And just as in the body certain proclivities are spoken of, such as catarrh and diarhoea, so in the soul too there are tendencies, such as enviousness, mercy and the like."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀρρώστημα νοσήματος διαφέρει· ἀρρώστημα γάρ ἐστι νόσημα μετὰ ἀσθενείας, τὸ δὲ νόσημα οἴησις σφοδρὰ δοκοῦντος αἱρετοῦ. καὶ ὡς ἐπὶ σώματος εὐεμπτωσίαι τινὲς λέγονται, οἷον κατάρρους, διάρροια, οὕτω κἀπὶ τῆς ψυχῆς εἰσι καταφορίαι, οἷον φθονέρα, ἐλεημοσύνη καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια.
Betacode
*)arrw/sthma nosh/matos diafe/rei: a)rrw/sthma ga/r e)sti no/shma meta\ a)sqenei/as, to\ de\ no/shma oi)/hsis sfodra\ dokou=ntos ai(retou=. kai\ w(s e)pi\ sw/matos eu)emptwsi/ai tine\s le/gontai, oi(=on kata/rrous, dia/rroia, ou(/tw ka)pi\ th=s yuxh=s ei)si katafori/ai, oi(=on fqone/ra, e)lehmosu/nh kai\ ta\ paraplh/sia.
Notes
Linked from2 entries
- α3998Ἀρρωστίαindisposition, sickness[Meaning] weakness. But [sc. also attested is the phrase] a)rrwsti/a tou= strateu/ein ["indisposition of [= toward] campaigning"], meaning lack of enthusiasm [for doing so]. Thucydides [sc. uses the phrase].
- ν495Νόσοςillness, disease, sickness[... the most illustrious physicians say] that being feverish or being chilled, we perceive in our illnesses, not the sensory nerves or the heated flesh themselves, but the fluids of both blood and breath. Now, since…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Jan 2014
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added note — David Whitehead
- Minor changes of wording; added translated headword. — William Hutton
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri