Ἀγχίνοια
tight-wittedness
Translated by William Hutton · 30 Oct 2000 · Vetting: high · 11 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] intelligence.1
Or "disposition of character for finding out immediately what the appropriate action is."2 Or "a certain ability to guess properly in a brief period of time."3
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] tight-witted.4 Damascius [writes]: "...an acute and tight-witted natural power capable of being applied in many directions in a short time, very quick to understand and recognize the traces of what it is seeking." The passage [is] about Isidoros.5
Or "disposition of character for finding out immediately what the appropriate action is."2 Or "a certain ability to guess properly in a brief period of time."3
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] tight-witted.4 Damascius [writes]: "...an acute and tight-witted natural power capable of being applied in many directions in a short time, very quick to understand and recognize the traces of what it is seeking." The passage [is] about Isidoros.5
Greek original
Ἀγχίνοια· σύνεσις. ἢ ἕξις εὑρετικὴ τοῦ καθήκοντος ἐκ τοῦ παραχρῆμα. ἢ εὐστοχία τις ἐν ἀσκέπτῳ χρόνῳ. καὶ Ἀγχίνουν· Δαμάσκιος· ὀξεῖαν δὲ καὶ ἀγχίνουν φύσεως δύναμιν ἐπὶ πολλὰ δι' ὀλίγου φέρεσθαι δυναμένην ἑτοιμοτάτην συνιέναι καὶ γνωρίζειν τὰ ἴχνη τῶν θηραμάτων. περὶ Ἰσιδώρου ὁ λόγος.
Betacode
*)agxi/noia: su/nesis. h)\ e(/cis eu(retikh\ tou= kaqh/kontos e)k tou= paraxrh=ma. h)\ eu)stoxi/a tis e)n a)ske/ptw| xro/nw|. kai\ *)agxi/noun: *dama/skios: o)cei=an de\ kai\ a)gxi/noun fu/sews du/namin e)pi\ polla\ di' o)li/gou fe/resqai duname/nhn e(toimota/thn sunie/nai kai\ gnwri/zein ta\ i)/xnh tw=n qhrama/twn. peri\ *)isidw/rou o( lo/gos.
Notes (5)
- See also alpha 402.↩
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. ↩
- 2Diogenes Laertius 7.93. See also Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.61, 2-4 (ed. Wachsmuth), where "tight-wittedness" (
a)gxi/noia ) is called "knowledge" (e)pisth/mh ) instead of "disposition of character" (e(/cis ). However, according to the Stoic doctrine described in this line, insofar asa)gxi/noia is a virtue subordinated to prudence (fro/nhsis ), it is both a form of knowledge and a disposition of character. ↩- 3Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 93.7. ↩
- 4(alpha 402.) Here in the accusative case, extracted from the quotation which now follows. ↩
- 5Damascius fr.71 Zintzen (31 Asmus), in Photius, Bibliotheke; cf. epsilon 3071, phi 404.
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Revisions (11)
- Catharine Rothcoding
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- David Whiteheadmore keywords; tweaks and cosmetics
- Catharine Rothadded cross-reference
- David Whiteheadaugmented note and keywords; cosmetics
- Marcelo BoeriModified translation; augmented note and reference.
- David Whitehead
- David Whiteheadadded notes; cosmetics
- William Huttontranslated