Προσοχή
attentiveness
Translated by William Hutton4 Sep 2013Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
[Meaning a] precise management of lifestyle.1
"Of the personal body it is necessary to be carefully balanced, not like someone who is risk-averse nor devoted to frippery nor indeed stingy in manner, but as a result of personal attentiveness so as to need internal and external medical interventions as little as possible."2
"Of the personal body it is necessary to be carefully balanced, not like someone who is risk-averse nor devoted to frippery nor indeed stingy in manner, but as a result of personal attentiveness so as to need internal and external medical interventions as little as possible."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προσοχή· ἀκριβὴς ἐπιμέλεια διαίτης. τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος ἐπιμελητικῶς δεῖ ἔχειν ἐμμέτρως, οὔτε ὡς ἄν τις φιλόζῳος οὔτε πρὸς καλλωπισμὸν οὔτε μὴν ὀλιγώρως, ἀλλ' ὥστε διὰ τὴν ἰδίαν προσοχὴν εἰς ὀλίγιστα ἰατρικῆς χρῄζειν φαρμάκων καὶ ἐπιθεμάτων ἐντὸς καὶ ἐκτός.
Betacode
*prosoxh/: a)kribh\s e)pime/leia diai/ths. tou= i)di/ou sw/matos e)pimelhtikw=s dei= e)/xein e)mme/trws, ou)/te w(s a)/n tis filo/zw|os ou)/te pro\s kallwpismo\n ou)/te mh\n o)ligw/rws, a)ll' w(/ste dia\ th\n i)di/an prosoxh\n ei)s o)li/gista i)atrikh=s xrh/|zein farma/kwn kai\ e)piqema/twn e)nto\s kai\ e)kto/s.
Notes (2)
- 1For the headword, a feminine noun, cf. (e.g.) under epsilon 2608, nu 358, pi 2658, and see generally LSJ s.v. I. In the present context it is presumably generated by the instance (accusative case) in the quotation given; no equivalent entry in other lexica. ↩
- 2An approximation of Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.16, transforming the emperor's particular comments about his (adoptive) father into general advice for good living. ↩
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Revision history1 revision · last 4 Sep 2013
- another note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton