Εἶδος
appearance, species
Translated by Catharine Roth30 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἶδος· μορφή. καὶ τὸ ὑπὸ τὸ γένος· οἷον ὑπὸ τὸ ζῷον ὁ ἄνθρωπος παρὰ φιλοσόφοις. ὁ δὲ Πρόκλος ἐθαύμαζε τοῦ Ἰσιδώρου τὸ εἶδος, ὡς ἔνθεον καὶ πλῆρες εἴσω φιλοσόφου ζωῆς.
Betacode
*ei)=dos: morfh/. kai\ to\ u(po\ to\ ge/nos: oi(=on u(po\ to\ zw=|on o( a)/nqrwpos para\ filoso/fois. o( de\ *pro/klos e)qau/maze tou= *)isidw/rou to\ ei)=dos, w(s e)/nqeon kai\ plh=res ei)/sw filoso/fou zwh=s.
Notes (3)
- 1cf. epsiloniota 23. ↩
- 2cf. Etymologicum Magnum 295.47. ↩
- 3Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 249 Zintzen (80 Asmus); again at epsiloniota 301. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- ει23Εἰδέαaspect, figure, form[Meaning] shape. "Handsome with regard to his appearance if anyone is." People now write the [word] 'idea' with the [letter] i.
- ει301Εἴσωwithin"[And Proclus used to marvel at] Isidore's face and appearance, as it was possessed by the divine and full of the philosophical life within."
- μ1267Μορφήshape, form, figure[Meaning a] form, idea, aspect. Shape [morfh/] and form [ei)=dos] are the same thing. And while [the word] shape [morfh/] [is applied] to animate things, [the word] figure [sxh=ma] [is applied] to inanimate things.…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Apr 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth