Καταβολή
instalment
Translated by David Whitehead29 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes [in the] ninth Philippic [writes]: "just like a cycle or instalment of a fever".1 In cyclical diseases one speaks of an "instalment" because of the fact that it occurs at a set time, in the way that the members of a loaning syndicate2 pay the instalments of the money.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καταβολή· Δημοσθένης θʹ Φιλιππικῷ· ὥσπερ περίοδος ἢ κατα- βολὴ πυρετοῦ. ἐν ταῖς περιοδικαῖς νόσοις λέγεταί τις καταβολή, διὰ τὸ ἐν ἀποδεδειγμένῳ προϊέναι χρόνῳ, καθάπερ οἱ ἐρανισταὶ τὰς καταβολὰς ποιοῦνται τῶν χρημάτων.