Ἰσόκωλον
equimembral
Translated by Marcelo Boeri4 Dec 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] that which has equal parts. Aristotle says1 that if an account of something compound is rendered which has as many parts as the compound also has -- [a compound] whose definition is rendered -- this account will not be a definition of that [compound]. For in the accounts thus rendered there must be a transference of the names into [a single] name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἰσόκωλον· τὸ ἶσα μέρη ἔχον. λέγει δὲ Ἀριστοτέλης ὅτι, ἐὰν συνθέτου τινὸς λόγος ἀποδοθῇ τοσαῦτα μέρη ἔχων, ὅσα καὶ τὸ σύνθετον ἔχει, οὗ ὁ ὁρισμὸς ἀποδίδοται, οὐκ ἔσται οὗτος ὁ λόγος ὁρισμὸς ἐκείνου. ἐν γὰρ τοῖς οὕτως ἀποδιδομένοις λόγοις ἀναγκαῖον ὀνομάτων εἰς ὄνομα τὴν μετάληψιν γεγονέναι.