Κατασκευάζειν
to argue, to maintain, to prove
Translated by David Whitehead1 Aug 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
In Aristotle [sc. this verb means] demonstrating [something] in its entirety, but not denying what is being postulated. For kataskeua/zein is applied especially to something being postulated positively.1
"Most/very lawless and most/very villainous when it came to the preparations of [ = for making] his friends".2
"Most/very lawless and most/very villainous when it came to the preparations of [ = for making] his friends".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κατασκευάζειν· παρὰ Ἀριστοτέλει τὸ καθόλου δεικνύναι, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀναιρεῖν τὸ τιθέμενον. μάλιστα γὰρ κατασκευάζειν ἐπὶ τοῦ καταφατικῶς τιθεμένου λέγεται. ἀδικώτατον δὲ καὶ κακοπραγμονέστατον περὶ τὰς τῶν φίλων κατασκευάς.
Betacode
*kataskeua/zein: para\ *)aristote/lei to\ kaqo/lou deiknu/nai, a)lla\ mh\ a)nairei=n to\ tiqe/menon. ma/lista ga\r kataskeua/zein e)pi\ tou= katafatikw=s tiqeme/nou le/getai. a)dikw/taton de\ kai\ kakopragmone/staton peri\ ta\s tw=n fi/lwn kataskeua/s.
Notes (2)
- For this specialised sense of the headword verb
kataskeua/zein see generally LSJ s.v., 8 (construct a positive argument). - 1Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 150.1-3 Wallies. ↩
- 2Polybius 8.9.3, citing Theopompus (theta 172) on Philip II of Macedon (phi 354). ↩
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