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- κ845Κατάφασιςaffirmation[Meaning] proclamation through an act of assent.
- κ1039ΚατηγόρημαpredicateA 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 …
- κ1040Κατηγορίας ἔχωI have accusationsMeaning 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 …
- κ1390Κερδοσύνηcraftiness, cunning[Meaning] wickedness.
- κ1506Κήλησιςenchantment, 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'].
- κ1535Κήρινον ἐκμαγεῖονwaxen 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 …
- κ1640Κίνησιςmotion, movementThe 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 …
- κ1928Κολακείαflattering, fawning[Meaning] deceit.
- κ2145Κοσμιότηςorderliness[Meaning] good organization. "Orderliness and temperance are not only [means of] avoiding and removing the opposite vices, [i.e.] disorderliness and intemperance, but active and intentional ways of life. And while the former turns what …
- κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, worldThe Stoics speak of 'the universe' in three ways: (1) it is god himself, the one who creates particular things from the whole substance, who is indestructible and ingenerable, since he is the artificer …
- κ2162Κότοςwrath[Meaning] rage, or spite, or a greedy [person]. "Since the god was angry with them, the oracle certainly was not accepting them. And [as they] were petitioning to learn and begging [him] to proclaim …
- κ2329Κρᾶσιςblend, blendingMixing of wine and hot [sc. water]; also the activity of the one doing the wine-and-water mixing. Aelian: "and he gave [permission] to drink, not mixing [sc. the wine and water] with a correct …
- κ2444Κρίσιςverdict, decision, judgment[Meaning] scrutiny, vote, testing. [Note that] 'those outside say: [...] "let the verdict test the arguments".' And see further under the [entry] 'establishing a claim' [a)mfisbh/thsis].
- κ2551Κοιναὶ ἔννοιαιcommon conceptions[Note] that if thought at some time argues about the intelligible objects, [it does so] not by itself, but being joined with the intellect, just as it also argues about the sensible objects being …
- κ2558Κοινόνcommon, ordinary[Meaning] what is unpurified. Or what has nothing more than the rest. 'Common' has a fourfold application: (i) what is divisible into parts, such as the earth obtained by allotment; (ii) what is indivisible, …
- κ2622Κυδοιμόςbattle-din, tumult[Meaning] turmoil, disturbance.
- κ2711ΚυνισμόςCynicismA vigorous road to virtue. Also [sc. attested is the phrase], "for excellent people it is necessary to be Cynics".
- κ2712ΚυνισμόςCynicismA philosophical school. Its definition [is] "a short-cut road to virtue". The goal of Cynicism is to live according to virtue, as Diogenes and Zeno of Citium say. The Cynics held that one should …
- λ332Λευκόνwhite, clear[Note] that 'white' [is] also homonymous, just like 'good'. What in reference to the body is called 'white' means color, which is under [the category of] quality, and [what is called 'white'] in the …
- λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; languageDiscourse is a meaningful uttered sound deriving from thought. It has 6 meanings. Expression and discourse are different; for an expression can be meaningless, like bli/turi, while discourse can in no way be meaningless. …
- λ843Λύπηpain, distress, vexationAnd the plural [is] ai( lu=pai. [Pain is] an irrational contraction of the soul. Hence the excellent person must not feel pain. And the types of it [are] spite, envy, jealousy, worry, annoyance, foolishness, …
- μ42Μάθημαlearning, lesson[Meaning a] pursuit, occupation, mode of life, way of life, allegation, [something] from which we are likely to spend time in connection with our affairs. But to learn better [metamaqei=n] is to cease. Strictly …
- μ94Μαλακόςdelicate, soft, mildThe human being is the most intelligent animal of all, and has the most accurate taste, which is [a sort of] touch, since he is the most delicate and sensitive with regard to touch. …
- μ414Μέθεξιςparticipation, sharing[Meaning] partaking, association.
- μ669Μέσονmean, middle term[The mean is] what participates in what is equal. For the excesses and defects, in being opposite each other, in moral virtues are [ranged] under the vice. By contrast, virtues, in being their means, …
- μ671Μεσότηςmean[sc. Something that is] true. "The virtues of characters, especially justice, are means, not extremities."
- μ681Μεταβολήchange; about-turnIt is produced in accordance with 4 modalities: [those] of corruption, of alteration, of decay, of growth. And it is considered in four categories: in substance, like generation and corruption; in quantity, [like] growth …
- μ761Μετ' ἐναργείαςaccompanied by evidence[Meaning] accompanied by truth.
- μ798Μετουσίαparticipation, partnership[Meaning] association.
- μ850Μεῖονless[Meaning] shorter, smaller. "He used to spread out [his] whole soul towards increase of virtue and diminution of vice". "[...] no less than Socrates regarding inquiry into what is true. Since he, even having …