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μ922Μήληprobe[Meaning] the medical [sc. instrument of that name]. [Note] that when a probe has been inserted into the eye, we do not apprehend the sensible objects, nor the air that happens to be between …highshort
μ1030Μία χελιδώνone swallowThis [is] proverbial, that "one swallow does not make a spring". It aims to say that one [good] day cannot bring the wise person to perfection, and one bad day [cannot bring] the wise …highshort
μ1107Μίξιςmixing, mixtureHe who calls blending [kra=sis] the genus of mixing [mi/cis] is mistaken; for genus places [something] inside the species. In fact, mixing is something broader than blending, for if something is blended it is …highshort
μ1155Μνήμηmemory[Note] that in the soul there is hope of what is expected, perception of what is present, and memory of what is absent. Concerning memory. [Note] that the soul will have nothing that came …highmedium
μ1186Μόθοςbattle-din, tumult[Meaning] battle, war, disturbance, fear, diversion, turmoil.highshort
μ1267Μορφήshape, form, figure[Meaning a] form, idea, aspect. Shape [morfh/] and form [ei)=dos] are the same thing. And while [the word] shape [morfh/] [is applied] to animate things, [the word] figure [sxh=ma] [is applied] to inanimate things. …highshort
ν470Νομοθεσίαlaw-setting, law-giving, legislationA setting [qe/sis] of law [no/mos].highshort
ν480Νόμοςlaw, custom[Meaning] ordinance/statute, customary practice. In Sophocles nomos [is] the nature of what has happened and its habituation. Inquiry [is] also nomos. The Apostle [says]: "though wishing to be under the nomos, do they not …highshort
ν481Νόμοςlaw[Law] means three things: (1) The [law] was given to men through creation apart from the Scriptures; for what is invisible of God is clearly seen, [being] understood by the things that are made. …highmedium
ν484ΝόμοςlawThe expression has many names. And "law" [sc. is mentioned] as something which brings rhythm and order to the best constitution; but "testimony", as something which bears witness to wrongdoers and exhibits the penalty …highmedium
ν485ΝόμοςlawAccording to the Apostle [the term] 'law' has 4 meanings: 'the [law] of God', about which he says: "for I delight in the law of God". [A second meaning is the law] that is …highmedium
ν495Νόσοςillness, disease, sickness[... the most illustrious physicians say] that being feverish or being chilled, we perceive in our illnesses, not the sensory nerves or the heated flesh themselves, but the fluids of both blood and breath. …highmedium
ν524Νοῦςintellect, mind, reason[Note] that the intellect contains within itself the rationales of all things, but with some of them [appearing] prior to it as representations, and others of them [appearing] after it as exemplars. Interpretation of …highlong
ν526Νώwe two, us twoInstead of “oneself” [au)to/s]. Aristophanes [says] in Plutus: “we two [must] make [him] see”. Instead of au)to/s ["I myself"]. Or instead of “we must make him see”. On this [pronoun] and [the pronoun] sfw=e, …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
χ166ΧαίρεινgreetingsKleon headed [his letters] thus, but Plato [preferred] 'do/fare well', and Epicurus 'live well'.highshort
χ488Χρημάτωνbelongings, goods, moniesHabitually both laymen and rhetoricians make use of the name of chremata in application to coins of silver and gold, and they also assigned this expression to the whole property. "[...] that the killer …highmedium
χ533ΧρόνοςtimeThe philosophers assert it is incorporeal, being a dimension of the movement of the world. Of this [i.e. time], the past and the future [are] infinite, but the present finite. They also think that …highmedium
χ534Χρόνος γὰρ εὐμαρὴς θεόςfor time (is) a kindly godThat is, time passes by in a kindly way. Or thus: time is indifferent to pursuing the unjust.highshort
χ538Χρῶμαcolor, musical modulation, chromatic scaleThis means what exists in bodies, such as 'white', 'black', and the intermediates to these. It also means what exists in tunes, for in music there is something that is named 'color' or 'chromatic …highmedium
χ539ΧρῶμαcolorWhenever the crystalline of the eye is colored as a result of a certain affection, it seems to us that the air and the other visible things have been colored with the same color. …highmedium