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α979Ἀκριβήςaccurate, precise[sc. Something] "accurate" seems to indicate also what is necessary. And suppose we wish to establish [the statement] that every assumption of a serious person [is] accurate. For "accurate" seems to be [the assumption] …highmedium
α1613Ἀμνοκῶνlamb-witted.[Meaning] sheep-like, stupid, simple-minded; for sheep [are] like this. Aristophanes [writes]: "and you look out for whoever of the citizens is lamb-witted, rich and not rascally and afraid of trouble [sc. in court]." That …highmedium
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accurate, precise

[sc. Something] "accurate" seems to indicate also what is necessary. And suppose we wish to establish [the statement] that every assumption of a serious person [is] accurate. For "accurate" seems to be [the assumption]…

Ἀκριβής· δοκεῖ ἀκριβὲς καὶ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον σημαίνειν. καὶ εἰ κατασκευάσαι βουλόμεθα, ὅτι πᾶσα ὑπόληψις τοῦ σπουδαίου ἀκριβής. ἀκριβὴς γὰρ δοκεῖ εἶναι ἡ δι' ἀναγκαίων γενομένη, καὶ ὧν…

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[Meaning] for/to/with guileless ones, or for/to/with inexperienced ones. Also [sc. attested is] a)te/xnws, [pronounced] barytone [sc. with accent on the next-to-last syllable], meaning without skill, unlearnedly, carelessly. But with perispomenon accent [sc. with circumflex …

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δ46ΔάμιςDamisA man not without learning, an inhabitant of ancient Nineveh. This man was a philosophical associate of Apollonius and wrote up his travels, which he says he, too, shared. He wrote up his opinions …highmedium

δ132Δαιτρόςapportioner, carver, distributor[Meaning someone] distributing miniscule portions to those feasting. For thus they used to feast apportioning both the sheep and the drink. Hence [Homer] says: "of an equal banquet." [Meaning] of equally distributed food. Or …highmedium

δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe[Meaning] to give a tenth. "As to these the Greeks swore that, if they should conquer [the Persians], they would campaign [against the collaborators] and impose a tithe to the Pythian on all." "When …highmedium

δ559ΔιαθέσειςdispositionsNot only [are] the sciences and the arts [dispositions], but also the virtues. Both the base and the good belong to an art. For of the arts some are base, but some good. Aristotle …highmedium

δ1145ΔιογένηςDiogenesBecause Diogenes had a son in love and because he was a harsh father, he did not condone his son’s brashness, but shutting him up and hindering his desire, he sharpened the passion all …highmedium

δ1149ΔιόδωροςDiodoros, Diodorus, Diodore[sc. At first] a monk, [sc. but later] in the times of Julian and Valens bishop of Tarsus of Cilicia. He wrote a variety of things, as Theodore Lector says in his Ecclesiastical History. …highmedium

δ1476ΔῶροςDoros, DorusThe one from Arabia. As Damascius says in his Philosophical History, he was a most remarkable investigator of the truth. Isidore the philosopher perceived initially that he was caught up in Aristotle’s propositions, seeing …highmedium

ε3601Εὔνουςwell-disposed, well-mindedAristotle says in the Topics: [those] wishing to show that the friend is not well-disposed, if 'well-disposed' means one thinking properly and thinking the truth and good things, but the friend does not think …highmedium

ε3835Εὔψυχοςof good courage, good-souledAristotle in the Topics speaks of virtue in living and being of good courage in dying. Not only the valiant person, if we analyze the term 'of good courage' etymologically, but also the one …highmedium