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Ἐπίκηρος ὕλη
perishable matter
[Meaning] that which is temporary.
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ε
601
Ἔκπυστα
(matters) ascertained, (matters) of common knowledge
… genitive singular] e)kpu/stou, [meaning] widely-reported, heard of everywhere. "When the
matter
had become common knowledge he/she/it appeared". And elsewhere: "having ordered, by the exchange of living, that the
matter
was not to be made …
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1011
Ἐμπεσὼν τοῖς πράγμασιν
falling on the matters
… beginning the deeds. "[It was he] who, falling on the
matters
that were at hand, dismissing and expelling anger and willfulness, and judging only freedom from bribery to be virtue, brought the
matters
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474
Χρῆμα
thing; matter
… cows." The phrase [is] about barbarian troop-marshalling. Herodotus [writes]: "the
matter
of the storm was unbearable." Aristophanes [writes]: "how long the
matter
of nights is!" [This means] the length, the stretch. It was customary …
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α
1768
Ἀμφίσματα
matters of contention
[Meaning]
matters
of dispute. Hellanicus [sc. uses the word].
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χ
473
Χρῆμα
matter; thing
… And Eunapius [writes]: "he mustered his strength, urging on the
matter
of passage and forcing himself even though he did not have a body [to match] his good spirit."
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4374
Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμα
a matter full of absurdity
… at nu 222). The phrase "full of absurdity" (without "a
matter")
comes from Aristophanes, Frogs 1372, where "of a marvel" is a scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on …
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4425
Αὐθέκαστα
matter-of-fact things
[Meaning] just the things that happen, that is indiscriminately, and abruptly, and precipitously. Or simple things and true things, with the epitome of precision. Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative singular] authekastos, a …
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ε
727
Ἐκ χειρὸς βοηθεῖν τοῖς πράγμασι
to assist matters forthwith
Polybius [sc. says this]. ['Forthwith'] meaning with every care, intensely, immediately.
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κ
339
Κἀπιδώσειν μοι δοκῶ τὸ χρῆμα μᾶλλον
and it seems to me the matter will increase further
Meaning [it seems to me that it] will get an addition.
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χ
490
Χρῆμα οἰκτροί
pitiable business, pitiable matter
[Meaning they who are] abased, worthy of sympathy. "The elders of the Libyans -- a pitiable business -- came in accordance with the virgin’s fame and begged to receive some release from the plague".
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χ
499
Χρήσιμον πρᾶγμα
useful matter, useful thing
"That which offers service of [some] benefit; but [something] serviceable [is] that which turns out a laudable use."
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ι
159
Ἱερατικὴ
priest-craft, religion
… the causes within the cosmos, and concerns itself with these
matters,
of souls concerning immortality, because the same things are also stated in Egyptian philosophy; both of their innumerable diverse allotments in Hades separated …
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ε
1454
Ἐντελέχεια
actuality, complete reality, entelechy
… the substrate; that is, the form that comes upon the
matter
out of a particular composition of elements; or [it is] the form [that is] inseparable from the body. For actuality is the form …
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2827
Ἀξίωμα
proposition
… is that which is true or false or a self-contained
matter
deniable or affirmable in itself; for instance, "it is day", "Dion is walking". Among philosophers the term "proposition" (axioma) has taken its name …
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δ
337
Δεινοκράτης
Deinokrates, Deinocrates
… competent manner, but he was counterfeit and tawdry. For in
matters
of war he much surpassed the rest with regard to his readiness and daring and he was distinguished in circumstances of personal danger. …
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4092
Ἀρχή
principle
… active and the passive. The active is the reason in
matter,
i.e. god. The passive, then, is unqualified substance, i.e.
matter.
Principles and elements are different. For while the former are ungenerated and indestructible, …
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979
Ἀκριβής
accurate, precise
… for assumptions occur to the serious person even concerning contingent
matters.
By changing the [term] "accurate" into "clear" or into "true," we shall more easily show what is proposed: for every assumption of the …
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2201
Ἀναίνεσθαι
to reject, to spurn
Generally [sc. this means] denying, but specifically with regard to
matters
concerning marriages and sexual
matters.
Also [sc. attested is] a)nai/nomai, [meaning] I reject, I abandon.
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2629
Ἀντεπιχειρεῖν
to make a counter-attack, to make a counter-argument
… soul [is] not deathless, because its form is implicated in
matter,
and nothing which has a form implicated in
matter
is separable from that material: this was not an objection, but an attempt to …
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930
Διεξοδικούς
detailed, discursive, elaborate
… exercises its faculties with respect to every sort of subject
matter
and does not make its statements detailed/discursive/elaborate, but rather in question and response (for from this it takes its name), and that it …
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ε
2144
Ἐπεισόδιον
episode, addition
… laughter, though it is outside the subject-matter. But catachrestically, every
matter
that is outside the question at issue.
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3505
Εὐθυδικία
direct trial
… someone [sc. in classical Athens] presents himself for judgment upon
matters
about which there has not yet been a jurycourt's verdict, this is called direct trial. For about
matters
which someone claims he has …
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χ
317
Χιών
snow
… the nature of snow. For if whiteness is not the
matter
or the form of snow, then it is not in the essence of snow. But [whiteness] being incidental to the
matter
[of snow] …
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χ
439
Χωρεῖν
to advance; to progress
… and to join in dying at the attempts of the
matters."
"With
matters
in Sicily not progressing for him in accord with his intention (instead of how they were), because his leadership appeared to …
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αι
370
Αἴτιον
cause
"The causes [are spoken of] in four ways: as
matter,
as form, as end, as maker." And of the causes some [are] antecedent, others auxiliary or cooperative, others (?)complete.
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461
Δημοσίων πραγμάτων διοικητής
administrator of public affairs
… And you are hateful, because those interfering in other people’s
matters
are hated.
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ε
2807
Ἐποποῖ
epopoi (in hoopoe-ese)
… these first four birds 'do not sing (or for that
matter,
speak), nor do they dance. They look pretty and exotic.' It is likely then that Rogers, Fraenkel and Dunbar are correct in following …
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383
Ἀγυιαί
highways
… in Krapataloi [writes]: "o master Aguieus, remember me in these
matters."
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α
478
Ἀδιαφορία
indifference
… full equivalent of an appraiser, which an expert in the
matters
sets, just as it is said that wheat is exchanged for barley along with a mule. Preferred things, then, are those which have …
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