Πάθος λέξεως

figure of speech; modification of speech

Translated by Catharine Roth11 Feb 2009Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 19 words
Homonymy, like "dog."1 Metaphor: as [when] the earth [is called] a nurse.2 From this [comes] a catachresis3 and obscurity.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πάθος λέξεως· ὁμωνυμία, ὡς κύων. μεταφορά· ὡς τιθηνὸς ἡ γῆ. κατάχρησις ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἡ ἀσάφεια.

Betacode
*pa/qos le/cews: o(mwnumi/a, w(s ku/wn. metafora/: w(s tiqhno\s h( gh=. kata/xrhsis e)nteu=qen kai\ h( a)sa/feia.

Notes (3)

  1. This entry -- unparalleled in other lexica -- gives not a general definition of the headword phrase but (two) subdivisions of it. The specific examples of each subdivision are the Suda's own, building on Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 428.9-11 Wallies.
    See generally LSJ s.v. pa/qos, IV.
  2. 1i.e. ku/wn is either the animal or a Cynic philosopher. ↩
  3. 2cf. tau 574. ↩
  4. 3Analogical application of a word. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π24Πάθη δύοtwo experiences; two affective statesπ25ΠαθηζίτηςPathezitesπ26Πάθος λέξεωςfigure of speech; modification of speechπ27Πάθοςaffection, passion, emotionπ28Πάθωμενwe would experience, we would suffer
Revision history5 revisions · last 21 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. further expansion of primary note — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. added primary note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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