Πολυειδής
of many forms, of many kinds
Translated by Marcelo Boeri25 Jul 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πολυειδής· πολύμορφος. καὶ Πολυειδία, ἡ ποικιλία.
Betacode
*polueidh/s: polu/morfos. kai\ *polueidi/a, h( poikili/a.
Notes (3)
- The primary headword, an adjective, appears in Plato's discussion of the tyrant (who is the same as the intemperate person having political power) and the soul ruling over him: the appetitive soul, which is described by Plato as being 'a beast of many kinds or forms' (Republic 612A, web address 1).
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi1038 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2The noun is used by Plato, Republic 580D-E, in his discussion of the types of pleasure corresponding to the three parts of the soul (web address 2). The third type of pleasure, belonging to the appetitive part of the soul, is of many kinds and there is no special name for it. ↩
- 3This word makes reference to things that differ in various ways: the diversity of colors or stars, for example (see Plato, Phaedo 110D; Republic 529D). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Oct 2021
- added links, tweaked note 3 — Catharine Roth
- another note; tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri