Μετακόσμιον

between worlds, metacosmic

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Aug 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] greater than the universe.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μετακόσμιον· τοῦ κόσμου κρείττονα.

Betacode

*metako/smion: tou= ko/smou krei/ttona.

Likewise in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu314 Theodoridis. The headword, accusative singular of this adjective (used by Epicurus to designate the interspace between worlds), must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from Philo Judaeus, On Dreams 1.184.

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