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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.

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acts 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."

Δικαιώματα· εὐλόγους ἀφορμάς. ἐάν τε γὰρ νικῶμεν ἡμεῖς, ἕξεις πρὸς ἐμὲ δικαιώματα μεγάλα, διότι κεκοινώνηκας ἡμῖν τῶν μεγίστων κινδύνων.

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δ1214ΔιότιbecauseThere are occasions when [this word] stands for o(/ti ["since"]. Amongst the many who [treat it] so is Hierocles. We consider the word "since" clearer in three ways. According to the first one, we …highmedium

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

δ1363ΔόξαopinionThe rational and cognitive part of the soul is divided into intellect, thought, opinion. So opinion is concerned with the common among the sensible things; for it knows that "white" [is] discerned by means …highmedium

δ1424ΔοῦλοιslavesAll men [are slaves] of God by nature, but those who gladly choose his mastery [are so] by disposition. Base men [are] slaves of evils, but virtuous men [are] free. There is also another …highmedium

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

ε328Ἔθοςcustom, habituationMeaning a sign. Or an unwritten law, whereas a law [is] a written custom. Custom is not a human discovery, but [sc. a natutal product] of life and of time. And whereas law is …highmedium

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

ε563Ἐκ περιουσίαςsuperfluously, advantageously[Meaning] uselessly. Aristotle says superflously. "[They] having sent, superfluously, for Pamprepius too." So ek periousias means from great substance. "[The concept] 'superfluous' differs from 'necessary'. Now, necessary are those things without which it is …highmedium

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

ε1182Ἔνδοξαplausible things; reputable opinionsAristotle maintains that a dialectical syllogism is the one that is produced through plausible things. And plausible things are those through which the dialectical syllogism is produced. That is to say, things which seem …highlong

ε1251Ἐνέργειαactivity, actuality, actualizationActivity is more universal than motion, and motion [more universal] than being affected (pa/sxein). For everything that is being affected is also set in motion, and everything that is being set in motion is …highmedium

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

ε1370Ἐνθύμημαenthymeme, enthymemaRhetorical syllogisms are called this; for the syllogism seems to be produced in them through one premise because the other premise, being familiar, is admitted by the judges or the audience. For example, this …highmedium

ε1418Ἕνωσιςunion, unification[Meaning] a common coming-together of discrete things. In the Divine Scripture [this concept] has been expressed in accordance with ten modes. The word 'union' is used because of things being pressed together into a …highmedium

ε1454Ἐντελέχειαactuality, complete reality, entelechy[This term means] the fulfilment and the form of 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] …highmedium

ε1468Ἔντευξιςconversation[Meaning an] encounter. Aristotle says that dialectic is a philosophical discipline [sc. useful] for exercise, and for philosophical conversations. Concerning exercise [gumnasi/a] there is something already written under the letter gamma; but here [the …highmedium

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

ε1869Ἐξ ὑποθέσεωςhypothetically, conditionallyAristotle says that some faculties hypothetically follow the character-dispositions which they would make use of if they were to come into being in that [situation] in respect of which the faculties are useful. For …highmedium

ε1923Ἐπαγωγήinduction; sequence-formationInduction is an argument that, by means of certain true things,properly infers a truth similar to itself. There are two modes of induction: the one proceeding by contrariety and the one proceeding by reciprocal …highlong

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

ε2314Ἐπιεικήςdecent, honest, respectable[no gloss]highshort

ε2341ἘπιθυμίαappetiteAppetite is an irrational desire, and the following things are ranged under it: need, hatred, contentiousness, anger, passion, wrath, rage. Need is an unsuccessful appetite as if separated from its object but intent upon …highmedium

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