Νύξ
night
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Aug 2006Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
The kindly time, and darkness.1
Night is the shadow of the earth, but not just any [shadow], but that which occurs with the sun as cause, because it is in the hemisphere below the earth, as [it appears] to those for whom it is night;2 just as an incontinent [man] is not one who is controlled by pleasure in general, but one [who is controlled] by a certain [pleasure].3
Night is the shadow of the earth, but not just any [shadow], but that which occurs with the sun as cause, because it is in the hemisphere below the earth, as [it appears] to those for whom it is night;2 just as an incontinent [man] is not one who is controlled by pleasure in general, but one [who is controlled] by a certain [pleasure].3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νύξ· εὐφρόνη, καὶ ἡ σκοτία. νύξ ἐστι σκιὰ γῆς, ἀλλ' οὐχ ἡ τυχοῦσα, ἀλλ' ἡ γινομένη παρὰ τὴν τοῦ ἡλίου αἰτίαν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ὑπὸ γῆν, ὡς πρὸς τούτους παρ' οἷς ἐστιν ἡ νύξ, ἡμισφαιρίῳ. ὥσπερ οὐχ ὁ ὑφ' ὁποιασοῦν ἡδονῆς κρατούμενος ἀκρατής, ἀλλ' ὁ ὑπό τινος.
Betacode
*nu/c: eu)fro/nh, kai\ h( skoti/a. nu/c e)sti skia\ gh=s, a)ll' ou)x h( tuxou=sa, a)ll' h( ginome/nh para\ th\n tou= h(li/ou ai)ti/an tw=| ei)=nai au)to\n e)n tw=| u(po\ gh=n, w(s pro\s tou/tous par' oi(=s e)stin h( nu/c, h(misfairi/w|. w(/sper ou)x o( u(f' o(poiasou=n h(donh=s kratou/menos a)krath/s, a)ll' o( u(po/ tinos.
Notes (3)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius nu296 Theodoridis). On
eu)fro/nh , a poetic and Ionic euphemism for night, see epsilon 3811 and epsilon 3812. ↩ - 2Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 466.16-20 Wallies. ↩
- 3Aristotle, Topica 146b27 ↩
Linked from4 entries
- ε3811Εὐφρόνηkindly timeAn epithet of night. "Thus they remained for this kindly time."
- ε3812Εὐφρόνηkindly time[A epithet of] night. "Who persuaded the bird with the loudest voice inside the [sc. hen] house to tell the hours in respect of the kindly time?"
- ν575ΝύκταnightThe Scripture often calls misfortunes [night], since those who fall into misfortunes think that they are living in darkness.
- ο663ὈρφνήmurkAccented on the final syllable. [Meaning] darkness; a black night.
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