Κυρίως
properly, strictly
Translated by Catharine Roth29 Oct 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] necessarily.
Andkuri/ws and a(plw=s ["simply"] mean the same: for when one says that the old man has gray hair "simply" or that every human being has five fingers, he means "necessarily."1
Also [sc. attested is the related superlative adjective]kuriw/taton , [meaning] most/very necessary.
And
Also [sc. attested is the related superlative adjective]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κυρίως· τὸ ἀναγκαίως. καὶ κυρίως καὶ τὸ ἁπλῶς ταὐτὸν σημαίνειν· ὁ γὰρ λέγων ἁπλῶς τὸν γηρῶντα πολιοῦσθαι ἢ πάντα ἄνθρωπον πενταδάκτυλον εἶναι, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀναγκαίως εἶπε. καὶ Κυριώτατον, τὸ ἀναγκαιότατον.
Betacode
*kuri/ws: to\ a)nagkai/ws. kai\ kuri/ws kai\ to\ a(plw=s tau)to\n shmai/nein: o( ga\r le/gwn a(plw=s to\n ghrw=nta poliou=sqai h)\ pa/nta a)/nqrwpon pentada/ktulon ei)=nai, a)nti\ tou= a)nagkai/ws ei)=pe. kai\ *kuriw/taton, to\ a)nagkaio/taton.
Notes (1)
- 1cf. Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 179.14-18. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 2 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented headword and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth