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Καθῆκόν
due action; what is appropriate
They say that Zeno of Citium was the first to have named [due action] and to have composed a treatise on it.
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Καθῆκον
due action; what is appropriate
They say that a due action is that which when done has a reasonable justification, such as consistency in life. Such a consistency extends both to plants and animals for due actions can be …
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150
Κακία
vice, evil
Vices are analogous to virtues. Some [vices] are primary, others - such as imprudence, cowardice, injustice, intemperance, incontinence, slowness of understanding, ill-advisedness - are subordinated to these. Vices are [part] of ignorance. [This embraces] …
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151
Κακία
vice
The word has a double meaning. [One is] the real vice, such as prostitution, seduction, greediness and perjury, slander. But hunger and pestilence, deaths and diseases etc. are not evils, because they often become …
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246
Καλὸν πρᾶγμα
fine thing, fine fact
He[sic] calls [any good 'fine'] which is commensurate with its own utility. [...] The kinds of good [are] four: what is just, what is brave, what is well-ordered, what is scientific; for in such …
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252
Καλοῦ
[of] fine, [of] noble
[There are] three kinds [of fine]: what is just, what is brave, what is scientific.
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429
Καρτερός
mighty, potent, staunch, strong
[Meaning] one who is empowered. "Which it was not lawful to do in the land where [the] Romans, long since, are mighty". Meaning sovereign, empowered.
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622
Κατάληψις
grasping, cognition
[Meaning] knowledge. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "[the celestial clouds give us] circumlocution and chicanery and cognition". He said this in a musical sense. For they speak of grasping [kata/lhyis], when they lay hold of …
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844
Καταφαντὸν
affirmable
[Affirmable] or deniable. Search under 'proposition'.
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845
Κατάφασις
affirmation
[Meaning] proclamation through an act of assent.
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1039
Κατηγόρημα
predicate
A predicate is what is asserted of something or a state of affairs associated with some [subject] or some [subjects]. For in the topic concerning the states of affairs and significations are placed the …
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1040
Κατηγορίας ἔχω
I have accusations
Meaning I am being accused. Demosthenes [in the speech] On the Crown [sc. uses the phrase]. "Accusing them is Kallixenos, a demagogue [and] sykophant." Amongst philosophers 'category' is said and comes into being either …
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1390
Κερδοσύνη
craftiness, cunning
[Meaning] wickedness.
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1506
Κήλησις
enchantment, ravishment
[Meaning a] persuasion accompanied by enjoyment. The [sc. kind of] pleasure breaking down[?] through discourses. Also a peace of mind accompanied by pleasure. [It derives] from xalw= ['I relax, slow down'].
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1535
Κήρινον ἐκμαγεῖον
waxen impression
[Referring to] the representation of the mind. Also [sc. attested is masculine] kh/rinos ["waxen"]. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] e)khriw/qhn ["I was made waxen"], meaning I was cast into darkness, or because …
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1640
Κίνησις
motion, movement
The intellect [is] the cause of motion according to place among human beings, for it sets in motion the living being. By contrast, sensation [is the cause of motion] among irrational things. Alongside these …
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