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17 entries for simplicity itself

α4483Αὐτοαπλότηςsimplicity itself"But in character the king/emperor was simplicity itself, and a certain muted reasonableness [was a feature of his character], and [he was] pliant and agreeable when it came to beneficences, and serious and intense …Matched in translationhighshort
α4482ΑὐτόitselfThe philosophers used to call 'itself' anything that was said in its proper sense. By means of this 'itself' they also signified the abstract form, saying 'mankind itself' and 'opinion itself', that is, properly …Matched in translationhighshort
α4492Αὐτόετεςwithin a year[Meaning] along with the year itself.Matched in translationhighshort
α4600Ἁφήtouch… is also called 'feeling'. And [it can mean] the sense itself. Look under "five senses".Matched in translationhighshort
α4474Αὐτῆμαρthat very day[Meaning] on the day itself.Matched in translationhighshort
α4427Αὐθημερόνthat very day[Meaning] on the day itself.Matched in translationhighshort
δ792Διατορηθῆναιto be pierced through… palisade to be pierced through the earth underneath the enclosure itself." Thus "to be pierced through" means to be cut through, to be bored through.Matched in translationhighshort
δ571Διακεκαυμένονlit-up[Meaning something] having fire within itself. Aristophanes [writes]: "Give me a little basket lit-up with a lamp." -- "What need, wretched man, do you have for this weaving?" -- "No need, but I still …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2351Κραυγὴ Σοδόμωνcry of Sodom… punishment, saying, 'the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has propagated itself in my presence'.Matched in translationhighshort
ε1618Ἐξέλιπε φυσητήρ ἐξέλιπε μόλιβδοςthe blower gave out (and) the lead gave out… burns together it evaporates and takes up the impurity into itself.Matched in translationhighshort
α4463Αὐτάγγελοςself-announcing, announcing what one has seen[Meaning] that which delivers announcements from itself. "For the oak herself will tell you, self-announcing"; for it has writings. And elsewhere: "he would have come from the king/emperor as an announcer of these things …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4485Αὐτοβοείat the first battle-cry[Meaning] in the battle itself. Agathias [writes]: "For how was it possible for them, who were few, to withstand the hordes of the enemy and not to be undone by fear at the first …Matched in translationhighshort
α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machine… bring on gods; not setting them out on the stage itself, but on high by means of some kind of machine. The spectators would see this machine beforehand, but at the appointed time he …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ810Διαφανέςtransparent… things pass through. When light is not present this thing itself is transparent in potentiality, but becomes transparent in actuality when light is present. Not only are the air and water transparent, but also …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4120Ἄρχων χρότιοςruler in the flesh… since the impulse toward good in everything is stronger toward itself than toward something else. But Isidoros says that the ruler qua ruler does [not] heed a ruler, even if he has some concern …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ302Γλῶτταtongue… very sense of touch of the tongue, providing perception of itself; in this way it does not allow perception of something from outside. Evidence of this: that those who have first tasted another flavor, …Matched in translationhighlong
α425ἈδάμAdam… this wisdom and this discrimination? He gave names to nature itself, as though prescribing the essence of each animal, without practice, without prior consideration, with no preparatory effort at the things which people take …Matched in translationhighlong