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247 entries for
perishable matter
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2374
Ἐπίκηρος ὕλη
perishable matter
[Meaning] that which is temporary.
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ε
601
Ἔκπυστα
(matters) ascertained, (matters) of common knowledge
… genitive singular] e)kpu/stou, [meaning] widely-reported, heard of everywhere. "When the
matter
had become common knowledge he/she/it appeared". And elsewhere: "having ordered, by the exchange of living, that the
matter
was not to be made …
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ε
1011
Ἐμπεσὼν τοῖς πράγμασιν
falling on the matters
… beginning the deeds. "[It was he] who, falling on the
matters
that were at hand, dismissing and expelling anger and willfulness, and judging only freedom from bribery to be virtue, brought the
matters
to …
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χ
474
Χρῆμα
thing; matter
… cows." The phrase [is] about barbarian troop-marshalling. Herodotus [writes]: "the
matter
of the storm was unbearable." Aristophanes [writes]: "how long the
matter
of nights is!" [This means] the length, the stretch. It was customary …
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α
1768
Ἀμφίσματα
matters of contention
[Meaning]
matters
of dispute. Hellanicus [sc. uses the word].
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ε
1060
Ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτα καὶ λευκαῖς κόραις
I will attend to these matters and (so will) white maidens
… to be done] and said: 'I will attend to these
matters
and with white maidens'. Subsequently he appeared with Athena and Artemis, who also have shrines at Delphi, and they met the enemy in …
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χ
473
Χρῆμα
matter; thing
… And Eunapius [writes]: "he mustered his strength, urging on the
matter
of passage and forcing himself even though he did not have a body [to match] his good spirit."
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α
4374
Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμα
a matter full of absurdity
… at nu 222). The phrase "full of absurdity" (without "a
matter")
comes from Aristophanes, Frogs 1372, where "of a marvel" is a scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on …
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α
4425
Αὐθέκαστα
matter-of-fact things
[Meaning] just the things that happen, that is indiscriminately, and abruptly, and precipitously. Or simple things and true things, with the epitome of precision. Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative singular] authekastos, a …
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δ
1468
Δωροδοκηθέντα
matters corrupted by bribery
[no gloss]
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ε
727
Ἐκ χειρὸς βοηθεῖν τοῖς πράγμασι
to assist matters forthwith
Polybius [sc. says this]. ['Forthwith'] meaning with every care, intensely, immediately.
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κ
339
Κἀπιδώσειν μοι δοκῶ τὸ χρῆμα μᾶλλον
and it seems to me the matter will increase further
Meaning [it seems to me that it] will get an addition.
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χ
490
Χρῆμα οἰκτροί
pitiable business, pitiable matter
[Meaning they who are] abased, worthy of sympathy. "The elders of the Libyans -- a pitiable business -- came in accordance with the virgin’s fame and begged to receive some release from the plague".
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χ
499
Χρήσιμον πρᾶγμα
useful matter, useful thing
"That which offers service of [some] benefit; but [something] serviceable [is] that which turns out a laudable use."
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δ
1355
Δομνῖνος
Domninos, Domninus
… capable man in mathematics, but rather superficial in other philosophical
matters.
As a result, he also perverted many of Plato's opinions with his own. Although he corrupted them, he nonetheless gave a satisfactory defense …
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ι
159
Ἱερατικὴ
priest-craft, religion
… the causes within the cosmos, and concerns itself with these
matters,
of souls concerning immortality, because the same things are also stated in Egyptian philosophy; both of their innumerable diverse allotments in Hades separated …
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ε
1454
Ἐντελέχεια
actuality, complete reality, entelechy
… 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] inseparable from the body. For actuality is the form …
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α
2827
Ἀξίωμα
proposition
… is that which is true or false or a self-contained
matter
deniable or affirmable in itself; for instance, "it is day", "Dion is walking". Among philosophers the term "proposition" (axioma) has taken its name …
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δ
337
Δεινοκράτης
Deinokrates, Deinocrates
… competent manner, but he was counterfeit and tawdry. For in
matters
of war he much surpassed the rest with regard to his readiness and daring and he was distinguished in circumstances of personal danger. …
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α
4092
Ἀρχή
principle
… 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. For while the former are ungenerated and indestructible, …
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α
979
Ἀκριβής
accurate, precise
… for assumptions occur to the serious person even concerning contingent
matters.
By changing the [term] "accurate" into "clear" or into "true," we shall more easily show what is proposed: for every assumption of the …
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α
2201
Ἀναίνεσθαι
to reject, to spurn
Generally [sc. this means] denying, but specifically with regard to
matters
concerning marriages and sexual
matters.
Also [sc. attested is] a)nai/nomai, [meaning] I reject, I abandon.
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α
2629
Ἀντεπιχειρεῖν
to make a counter-attack, to make a counter-argument
… soul [is] not deathless, because its form is implicated in
matter,
and nothing which has a form implicated in
matter
is separable from that material: this was not an objection, but an attempt to …
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δ
930
Διεξοδικούς
detailed, discursive, elaborate
… exercises its faculties with respect to every sort of subject
matter
and does not make its statements detailed/discursive/elaborate, but rather in question and response (for from this it takes its name), and that it …
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δ
1149
Διόδωρος
Diodoros, Diodorus, Diodore
… Against Plato on God and the Gods, On Nature and
Matter,
in which is "What is the Just," Concerning God and the Falsely Imagined
Matter
of the Greeks, That the Unseen Natures are not …
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ε
2144
Ἐπεισόδιον
episode, addition
… laughter, though it is outside the subject-matter. But catachrestically, every
matter
that is outside the question at issue.
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ε
3505
Εὐθυδικία
direct trial
… someone [sc. in classical Athens] presents himself for judgment upon
matters
about which there has not yet been a jurycourt's verdict, this is called direct trial. For about
matters
which someone claims he has …
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ε
3579
Εὐμένης
Eumenes
… his time, was in all the most important and finest
matters
greater and brighter [than they]. First, that is to say, having inherited from his father the kingdom when it had shrunk entirely to …
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η
39
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
… Rather, before the Archon they tried cases involving orphans and
matters
involving insanity and adjudications about inheritances, and the records of those who had served as archon went to the auditors. Before the King, …
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ι
463
Ἰωάννης
Ioannes, Joannes, John [Chrysostom]
… which comes from rashness. There is a time for every
matter,
says Solomon; that is for humility, authority, testing, encouragement, sparing, frankness, friendliness, severity, and in short for every
matter;
so that [it is …
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