Παρουσία

substance, presence

Translated by David Whitehead13 Dec 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

2 notes · 36 words

Meaning abundance or [sc. a degree of] property [sc. which is] the cause of wealth. Demosthenes in the [speech] On Organization says [the word].¹ So does Crates: "having a pleasant life and an abundance of money."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παρουσία· ἀντὶ τοῦ περιουσία, ἤτοι ἡ αἰτία τοῦ πλούτου οὐσία. Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ Περὶ συντάξεως φησί. καὶ Κράτης· ἔχοντες εὐπαθῆ βίον παρουσίαν τε χρημάτων.

Betacode

*parousi/a: a)nti\ tou= periousi/a, h)/toi h( ai)ti/a tou= plou/tou ou)si/a. *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| *peri\ sunta/cews fhsi/. kai\ *kra/ths: e)/xontes eu)paqh= bi/on parousi/an te xrhma/twn.

Notes (2)

Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who also cites Dinarchus fr. XVIII.2 Conomis. See also pi 707. On periousi/a, see pi 1225.
1Demosthenes 13.1 (where most editors, in fact, prefer the mainstream mss tradition periousi/as: web address 1). ↩
2Crates fr. 16 Kock (18 Kassel-Austin). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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π707Παρουσίαresource, presenceThis is the term used in reference to an abundance of available things; as it is in Plato's Phaedo: "as we are now in terms of resource." It is frequent in this sense in them [i.e. Attic authors]. But it is also applied…

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π704Παρ' οὐδένas nothing π705Παρ' οὐδὲν θέμενος τοῦτοhaving set this at naught π706Παρουσίαsubstance, presence π707Παρουσίαresource, presence π708Παροχετεύειdiverts

Revision history9 revisions · last 18 Jun 2021

18 Jun 2021another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
18 Jun 2021another headword translation, cross-reference — Catharine Roth
22 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
17 Sep 2013another keyword — David Whitehead
16 Jul 2011upgraded link — Catharine Roth
15 Jul 2011tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Dec 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
6 Apr 2004augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Apr 2004Cosmetics; added link; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
13 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

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