Λευκόν
white, clear
Translated by Marcelo Boeri13 Jan 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Note] that 'white' [is] also homonymous,1 just like 'good'.2 What in reference to the body is called 'white' means color, which is under [the category of] quality, and [what is called 'white'] in the voice [means] its activity; for a voice easy to hear is called 'clear'; and it is easy to hear the [sound] which strongly and quickly affects the hearing. Similarly, 'acute' might be shown [as being] homonymous.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λευκόν· ὅτι καὶ τὸ λευκὸν ὁμώνυμον, ὥσπερ τὸ ἀγαθόν. τὸ μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματος λεγόμενον τὸ λευκὸν χρῶμα σημαίνει, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ὑπὸ τὴν ποιότητα, τὸ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς φωνῆς τὸ ποιεῖν· λευκὴ γὰρ λέγεται φωνὴ ἡ εὐήκοος· εὐήκοος δέ ἐστιν ἡ τὴν ἀκοὴν σφοδρῶς καὶ ταχέως ἀλλοιοῦσα. ὁμοίως καὶ τὸ ὀξὺ δεικνύοιτ' ἂν ὁμώνυμον.
Betacode
*leuko/n: o(/ti kai\ to\ leuko\n o(mw/numon, w(/sper to\ a)gaqo/n. to\ me\n e)pi\ tou= sw/matos lego/menon to\ leuko\n xrw=ma shmai/nei, o(/per e)sti\n u(po\ th\n poio/thta, to\ de\ e)pi\ th=s fwnh=s to\ poiei=n: leukh\ ga\r le/getai fwnh\ h( eu)h/koos: eu)h/koos de/ e)stin h( th\n a)koh\n sfodrw=s kai\ taxe/ws a)lloiou=sa. o(moi/ws kai\ to\ o)cu\ deiknu/oit' a)\n o(mw/numon.
Notes (2)
- The headword is neuter singular of the adjective
leuko/s ; and entry as a whole is taken from Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 106.16-20 (on Topics 107a36-b5). - 1Note generally LSJ s.v.
o(mw/numos IV: 'in the Logic of Arist[otle]ta\ o(mw/numa are things having the same name but different natures and definitions'. ↩ - 2alpha 118, alpha 119. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 16 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; weaking — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri