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κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe[Meaning] the system and the union [formed] from heaven and earth and those things in the middle. "[The entity] which is a totality of the forms. Since it was necessary that none of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm… through the air by the wind and carried down to earth. But snow [is] moisture, frozen out of a cloud. Hailstorms: they are freezings of the moisture overhead in the air, above the earth; …Matched in translationhighmedium
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Κόσμος

cosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe

[Meaning] the system and the union [formed] from heaven and earth and those things in the middle. "[The entity] which is a totality of the forms. Since it was necessary that none of the forms be destroyed, lest the…

Κόσμος· τὸ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς καὶ τῶν ἐν μέσῳ σύστημά τε καὶ σύγκριμα. ὃς πλήρωμά ἐστι τῶν εἰδῶν. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἔδει μηδὲν τῶν εἰδῶν φθείρεσθαι, ἵνα μὴ ἀτελὲς ᾖ τὸ πᾶν, ἀδύνατον δὲ ἦν…

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Agathon

… Agathon?" -- "He's gone and left me." -- "Where on earth is the wretch?" -- "At a banquet of the blessed." This Agathon was good by nature, "missed by his friends" and brilliant at …

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α1827Ἀναγκαῖονnecessary… whole [universe] and thus engendering all compounds: fire, water, air, earth. For these things are certain composites of atoms and which are unaffected and unchangeable on account of their firmness. Everything occurs by necessity, …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2786Ἀνύπαρκτονnon-existent… exist. And Homer in one [verse] has demonstrated this sufficiently: "earth nourishes nothing weaker than man."Matched in translationhighmedium

α3242Ἄπνουςnot breathing… stop the [strength] of restless winds, which arising on the earth lay waste to the fields with their blasts; and again, if you wish, you shall bring back winds in requital. You shall make …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4452Αὔξηincrease… the whole by means of the natural power in the earth. Thus 'to be increased' is employed in the case of things that have souls and have parts.Matched in translationhighmedium

δ119Δαίμωνgod, demi-god, spirit, fortune, genius… he who surveys everything and examines 'what is under the earth', [as] he says, and seeks out with evidence what is in the souls of his neighbors, but does not perceive that it is …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1183Διονυσίων σκώμματαinsults of the Dionysia… as the poet says -- a 'useless weight on the earth'". "But he has been tossed to the crows and is gone unseen, unheard of, shown to be twistier than a hinge in matters …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε2406ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… strike each other and that, when they are separated, air, earth, and the sea are produced from them, and then minglings and conjunctions are dissolved and disappear completely into atoms. [These doctrines also maintain …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3253Ἐσχατιάνextremity, farthest part[Meaning an] ultimate place of earth/land. Or those regions which have pasturages, as Aristotle also says in [book] 8 of Politics. [Note] that the [nouns] meaning collection and property are all oxytone: a)xurmia/ ['chaff'], …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3605ΕὔξενοςEuxenos, Euxenus… especially when they see them gluttonous and flying towards the earth because of the smell of meat: so also Apollonios attended to Euxenos while he was still a child and was led by him …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ320ΚάνωποςCanopus, Kanopos… crafty. In parts of Egypt it is customary to build earthen pots which have small continuous holes, in order to distil turbid water through these holes and render it pure. The priest of Canopus …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world… 'universe' as well, or a structure composed out of heaven, earth, and the natures contained in them. Or a structure composed from elements and men, and from the things produced for the sake of …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, Archelaus… one fragment, "coldness is the connection" (presumably which holds the Earth in a solid state); see Diels and Kranz, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 60B1a. From surviving testimonia (principally Hippolytus), he would seem to have …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… and were therefore driven from their home by the angry earth, which refused to produce crops for them, as well as by the ghost of Ganges. [5] That is Briseis, taken away by king …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… In 262, Porphyry initiated his six-year study of Neoplatonism with Plotinus in Rome. Exhausted from his apprenticeship, Porphyry then retreated to Sicily for five years, returning to Rome as Plotinus' successor. [7] Pamphilus and …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2130ἈνάχαρσιςAnacharsis… died performing Greek rites in Scythia, when his brother was plotting against him: according to some he [lived] into extreme old age and almost up to one hundred years old.Matched in translationhighmedium

α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus… cast off what's weighing you down." When he was being plotted against on a voyage he cast into the sea the things on account of which he was being conveyed. "For," he said, "the …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1546Ἐξάντηdanger-free, out of danger… [his] daughter, who was ignorant of that man's schemes and plots against him, comes safe out of the evil [situation]." It is also an interjection. "Being safe I see another man having my misfortune." …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3695ΕὐριπίδηςEuripides… enjoying the highest honor. Euripides met his end at the plotting of Arrhibaeus of Macedonia and Crateuas of Thessaly, poets jealous of him. They bribed, with ten minas, a servant of the king's, named …Matched in translationhighmedium

η60ἩγίαςHegias… large fortune of which he was master and who were plotting [against him] with the support of the established order; for there was in Hegias something of Theagenes' magnanimous nature in his benefactions; but …Matched in translationhighmedium

ι448ἸουστῖνοςIoustinos, Justinus, Justin… and afraid of death. Finally by this man's efforts and plotting he suffered as a Christian on behalf of Christ.Matched in translationhighmedium

κ240ΚαλλισθένηςKallisthenes, Callisthenes… he was killed, at the same time as Nearchos, for plotting against Alexander. [He was] naturally impulsive, and [was said] to be motivated by great passion. And a story is told that Kallisthenes ruined …Matched in translationhighmedium

α118Ἀγαθόνgood… Aristotle, Topica 1094a2-3, with Alexander of Aphrodisias's commentary 93.8. [6] Plotinus, Enneads 1.7.1, 21-22 (identified by Henry [below] 157 n.2, as noted in Adler's addenda).Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1251Ἐνέργειαactivity, actuality, actualization… For further explanation and bibliography cf. eta 97. [2] cf. Plotinus, Enneads 1.1.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2384Ἐπίκληροςepikleros, heiress… in classical Athenian law; literally she who comes with the plot, she who is attached to the estate. Surprisingly, Harpokration devoted no entry to the term. Instead, the present Suda entry (also in other …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3046ἙρμογένηςHermogenes… [2] Probably the Athenian Stoic mentioned in Porphyry, Life of Plotinus 20 (RE Musonios (17)). This and other details in the present article are discussed in Heath (1998). [3] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists …Matched in noteshighmedium