Φορά
transportation, transposition
Translated by Marcelo Boeri24 Jun 2004Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Note] that the one who says that transportation is the genus of the movement according to place ranges the genus under the species. Even Plato does this: for when defining the movement according to place, he called it 'transportation'. But transportation belongs to inanimate things and to things that, unwillingly, change from one place to another -- 'unwillingly' meaning 'not intentionally'. Now if there are some things changing not willingly from one place to another, such as walking things, movement according to place would be something on a larger scale there. Not every movement according to place [is] transportation.2
And elsewhere: "great is your annoyance at such a burden (
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φορά· ἡ κατὰ ὅλου τόπου ἐναλλαγή· καὶ μάλιστα ἡ μὴ δυναμένη ἐφ' ἑαυτῆς στῆναι ὅταν ἐθέλῃ. ὅτι ὁ τῆς κατὰ τόπον κινήσεως γένος λέγων τὴν φορὰν τὸ γένος ὑπὸ τῷ εἴδει τίθησι. ποιεῖ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο Πλάτων· ὁριζόμενος γὰρ τὴν κατὰ τόπον κίνησιν φορὰν αὐτὴν εἶπεν. ἀλλὰ φορὰ μέν ἐστι τῶν ἀψύχων τε καὶ ἀκουσίως ἀμειβομένων τόπον ἐκ τόπου. τὸ δὲ ἀκουσίως ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐχ ἑκουσίως. εἰ οὖν τινά ἐστιν οὐχ ἑκουσίως μεταβάλλοντα τόπον ἐκ τόπου, ὡς τὰ βαδίζοντα, εἴη ἂν ἐπὶ πλέον ἡ κατὰ τόπον κίνησις. οὐ πᾶσα δὲ κατὰ τόπον κίνησις φορά. καὶ αὖθις· δυσχέρεια μὲν πολλὴ τοῦδε τοῦ φορήματος· ὅμως δὲ τλῆθι. τοῖσι γενναίοισί τοι τό τ' αἰσχρὸν ἐχθρὸν καὶ τὸ χρηστὸν εὐκλεές. σοὶ δ' ἐκλιπόντι τοῦτ' ὄνειδος οὐ καλόν, δράσαντι δ', ὦ παῖ, πλεῖστον εὐκλείας γέρας, ἐὰν μόλω 'γὼ ζῶν πρὸς Οἰταίαν χθόνα. Φιλοκτήτης φησί.
Betacode
*fora/: h( kata\ o(/lou to/pou e)nallagh/: kai\ ma/lista h( mh\ duname/nh e)f' e(auth=s sth=nai o(/tan e)qe/lh|. o(/ti o( th=s kata\ to/pon kinh/sews ge/nos le/gwn th\n fora\n to\ ge/nos u(po\ tw=| ei)/dei ti/qhsi. poiei= de\ kai\ tou=to *pla/twn: o(rizo/menos ga\r th\n kata\ to/pon ki/nhsin fora\n au)th\n ei)=pen. a)lla\ fora\ me/n e)sti tw=n a)yu/xwn te kai\ a)kousi/ws a)meibome/nwn to/pon e)k to/pou. to\ de\ a)kousi/ws a)nti\ tou= ou)x e(kousi/ws. ei) ou)=n tina/ e)stin ou)x e(kousi/ws metaba/llonta to/pon e)k to/pou, w(s ta\ badi/zonta, ei)/h a)\n e)pi\ ple/on h( kata\ to/pon ki/nhsis. ou) pa=sa de\ kata\ to/pon ki/nhsis fora/. kai\ au)=qis: dusxe/reia me\n pollh\ tou=de tou= forh/matos: o(/mws de\ tlh=qi. toi=si gennai/oisi/ toi to/ t' ai)sxro\n e)xqro\n kai\ to\ xrhsto\n eu)klee/s. soi\ d' e)klipo/nti tou=t' o)/neidos ou) kalo/n, dra/santi d', w)= pai=, plei=ston eu)klei/as ge/ras, e)a\n mo/lw 'gw\ zw=n pro\s *oi)tai/an xqo/na. *filokth/ths fhsi/.
Notes (3)
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Revision history6 revisions · last 18 Mar 2023
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- my typo — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- modified translation, added link — Catharine Roth
- modified headword; augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri