Παρήλιος

mock-sun, parhelion

Translated by William Hutton8 Aug 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] a cloud thickened to an extreme extent and illuminated internally by the sun.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παρήλιος· νεφέλη πεπυκνωμένη καθ' ὑπερβολὴν καὶ ἐναυγαζομένη ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου.

Betacode

*parh/lios: nefe/lh pepuknwme/nh kaq' u(perbolh\n kai\ e)naugazome/nh u(po\ tou= h(li/ou.

Probably from commentary on Aristotle, Meteorologica 377a-b; cf. John of Damascus, Dialectica 68.

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