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α1418ἈλλοίωσιςalterationAlteration is a change from [sc. something] endowed with form into [sc. something else] endowed with form, the same substratum remaining. But the [term] affection [pa/qos] is found in two senses: that which leads …highshort
α2178Ἀνδρόδομοςmen's apartment[Meaning] one with three couches.highshort
α3997Ἀρρώστημα νοσήματος διαφέρειan ailment differs from a disease[An ailment differs from a disease]; "for an ailment is a disease accompanied by weakness, whereas a disease [is] a strong impression of something that seems worth choosing. And just as in the body …

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Alteration is a change from [sc. something] endowed with form into [sc. something else] endowed with form, the same substratum remaining. But the [term] affection [pa/qos] is found in two senses: that which leads into…

Ἀλλοίωσις· ἀλλοίωσίς ἐστι μεταβολὴ ἐξ εἰδοπεποιημένου εἰς εἰδοπεποιημένον, τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὑποκειμένου μένοντος. διττοῦ δὲ τοῦ πάθους λεγομένου, τὸ μὲν εἰς φθορὰν ἄγον κυρίως λέγεται…

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α4092Ἀρχήprinciple[The] principles of the universe [are] two: the 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. …highshort

α4373Ἄτομαatoms[Meaning things that are] most/very subtle. Those things that cannot be cut because of their utmost subtlety. The Greeks also called bodies "atomic" and partless due to their imperviousness or extreme smallness, since they …highshort

α4420Αὔειςyou call[sc. Means] you utter, you speak. For when going out of the school Zeno of Citium tripped and broke a toe. And after striking the ground with his hand, he cited a line from …highshort

δ202Δέλτοςwriting-tablet[Meaning a] little writing-board, little sketch-tablet, draft-tablet. Zeno of Citium "used to compare his own successor Cleanthes to writing tablets overlaid with hard wax, which are hard to write on but which keep what …highshort

δ628Διάλεξιςspeech, conversation, discourseAristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "they provide us with speech". That is, with experience of speeches. And intelligence, that is to show what has been thought. Speech differs from dialect, because dialect is a character …highshort

δ637ΔιάλογοςdialogueSee above under 'dialectic'.highshort

δ976Διευκρινῆclear (things), distinct (things)[Meaning] plain [ones]. Also [sc. attested is the related abstract noun] dieukri/nhsis ["elucidation"], [meaning] clarity.highshort

δ1080Δικαίωμαact of justice[It is said] that no act of justice [is] stronger than weapons; for everyone having an advantage in power is always reputed to act and to speak more justly. [It is said] that Archelaus, …highshort

δ1081Δικαιώματαacts of justice, things done as of right[Meaning] praiseworthy starting-points. "For if it is we who prevail, you will be entitled to demand great things from me as of right, because you have shared with us the greatest risks."highshort

δ1089Δίκηlawsuit, private suit[Meaning] the prosecution undertaken on behalf of wrongs against individuals, the penalty in which is fixed in the laws. "Having been a litigant in an unjust lawsuit and having fled in order to avoid …highshort

δ1211Δίοσμοςsmell-transmission[sc. A term for] the transporting faculty of things that can be smelled in Theophrastus. The sense organ is not the nose, but the mastoid apophysis of the brain.highshort

δ1215ΔιότιμοςDiotimus, DiotimosProper name.highshort

δ1323Δόκησιςfancy[Meaning] conjecture. Or that which is not [anything], but is considered [to be]. What is presentation and shadow and dream.highshort

δ1362Δόξαopinion, reputation[Meaning] surmise, supposition. But doxa is [sc. also] commendation [coming] from the many; and if [it does come] from the many, [it is] because [it comes] from the ignorant.highshort

ε117Ἐγκώμιονencomium[Encomium] differs from praise. For praise is a laudatory discourse praising one action, but encomium [is] an encomiastic discourse encompassing in itself many actions. And a letter praising one action of someone is called …highshort

ε491Ἐκμαγεῖονblock, lump, mould[Meaning] an impression, and a seal-impression. "[The more authoritative writings] were handed over bound and secured with blocks of wax and the impressions of signet-rings."highshort

ε778Ἔλεγχοςdisgrace, dishonour, reproach[Meaning] shame. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] I disgrace you.highshort

ε913Ἐλπίςhope, expectancy[Meaning an] expectation of good things. He who feels fear also expects, but not good things; for fear is an expectation of bad things, but hope [is an expectation] of good things. Since then …highshort

ε1126Ἐνάργειαdistinctness, vividness['Distinctiveness/vividness' means] the brightness and clarity of words. But actualization [energeia] [means] the [swiftness which lies] in words. Or their collective impact.highshort

ε1127Ἐναργήςdistinct, vivid[Meaning] clear.highshort

ε1252Ἐνεργόνenergetic[Meaning] ordered, brisk. Polybius [writes]: "they rose up and made an energetic march and attack".highshort

ε1768Ἕξιςdispositional state, state of character, condition[Meaning] a mode hard to shift. Or a disposition. But a dispositional state is divided into virtue and vice. Both virtue and vice [are] kinds of dispositional state.highshort

ε2312Ἐπιεικέςdecent, suitable[Meaning something] proper, appropriate, convenient.highshort

ε2314Ἐπιεικήςdecent, honest, respectable[no gloss]highshort

ε2342Ἐπιθυμία σώματοςbody's appetite, body's desireSearch under [the entry] "possessing the power of judgment".highshort

ε2626Ἐπιστήμηscience, understandingGeometry is a science of something that can be known or assumed. For also the things of which geometry is a science are things which can be known and assumed. Egyptians invented this science, …highshort

χ165Χαίρειν εὖ πράττειν πολλὰ φρονεῖνgreetings, do/fare well, be high-minded (?)Words of address. But some [define] xai/rein [as] to bewail, to groan.highshort

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