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Διάθεσις · disposition (δ 558) · Suda

Letters

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 δ558

δ554running about
δ555to arrange, to dispose [of]
δ556disposition
δ557deposing, disposing
δ558disposition
δ559dispositions
δ560arranger
δ561might arrange
δ562contact

Suda/Δ delta/δ558

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Διάθεσις

disposition

Translated by David Whitehead19 Oct 2000Vetting: high8 revisions

daily life
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
economics
rhetoric

3 notes · 35 words

Translation

Isocrates [sc. uses this word] to mean sale.¹ But Antiphon [does so] to mean arrangement.² And [the cognate verb] diaqe/sqai relates to arranging. But diaqe/sqai can also substitute for sunqe/sqai, as Hyperides and Demosthenes [illustrate].³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διάθεσις· Ἰσοκράτης ἀντὶ τοῦ πρᾶσις. Ἀντιφῶν δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ διοίκησις. καὶ διαθέσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ διοικῆσαι. παραλαμβάνεται δὲ τὸ διαθέσθαι καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ συνθέσθαι, ὡς Ὑπερίδης καὶ Δημοσθένης.

Betacode

*dia/qesis: *)isokra/ths a)nti\ tou= pra=sis. *)antifw=n de\ a)nti\ tou= dioi/khsis. kai\ diaqe/sqai e)pi\ tou= dioikh=sai. paralamba/netai de\ to\ diaqe/sqai kai\ a)nti\ tou= sunqe/sqai, w(s *(uperi/dhs kai\ *dhmosqe/nhs.

Notes (3)

Abridged from Harpokration s.v.; also in Photius.
1Isocrates 11.14 (web address 1). ↩
2Variously attributed to Antiphon the orator (fr. 85 Sauppe) and his namesake the sophist (87 B 63 D.-K.). ↩
3So the transmitted text of the final three words, Hyperides "kai" Demosthenes. But comparison with Harpokration shows that "and" [kai/] should be "against" [kata/], i.e. Hyper. Dem. 1.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from3 entries

δ556ΔιάθεσιςdispositionSince the linkage of the soul with the body is not unrelated but is sympathetic [with it], at least some traces of the movements of the soul go to the body, and from the body to the soul. But the form of what is thought…
δ557Διάθεσιςdeposing, disposing[Deposing/disposing] and to depose: each of these applies to the writing of depositions. Isaeus in the Response to Aristogeiton: "Yet after this reponse they brought another deposition, which they said Archepolis…
δ559ΔιαθέσειςdispositionsNot only [are] the sciences and the arts [dispositions], but also the virtues. Both the base and the good belong to an art. For of the arts some are base, but some good. Aristotle rather commonly uses the name "science"…

Neighbouring entries

δ556Διάθεσιςdisposition δ557Διάθεσιςdeposing, disposing δ558Διάθεσιςdisposition δ559Διαθέσειςdispositions δ560Διαθέτηςarranger

Revision history8 revisions · last 19 Jul 2016

19 Jul 2016tweaked link — Catharine Roth
23 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
28 Jun 2012Revised — David Whitehead
5 Jul 2011more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
7 Sep 2003Put quoted Greek words into betacode — Elizabeth Vandiver
6 Sep 2003cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Sep 2003Added link; put quoted Greek words into betacode — Elizabeth Vandiver
5 Sep 2002augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Oct 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διάθεσις (Adler number delta 558), trans. David Whitehead, 19 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/558

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