Συνέχεια
continuity, compactness
Translated by Ronald Allen6 Jun 2012Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] density.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συνέχεια· ἡ πυκνότης.
Betacode
*sune/xeia: h( pukno/ths.
Notes (1)
- No equivalent entry in other lexica.
The headword is a feminine noun in the nominative (and vocative) singular; see generally LSJ s.v. It might be extracted from [Aristotle], On Colors 3 (793a12-13) (or subsequent commentary), where both the headword and gloss appear (see next note); but the word is not uncommon in philosophical contexts. (Another possibility [DW] is technical military literature: see LSJ s.v. I.6, citing Aelian Tacticus and Arrian.)
cf. generally sigma 1523, sigma 1525, sigma 1526, sigma 1527; also epsilon 636 (where the present headword is the gloss). - 1The gloss is the same form as the headword. The entry might be generated from the aforementioned passage in [Aristotle], which notes that "lustre is nothing other than the continuity and density of light"; see Barnes, p. 1221. ↩
References
J. Barnes, ed., The Complete Works of Aristotle, vol. 1, 'On colours,' T. Loveday and E.S. Forster, trans., Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984
Linked from3 entries
- σ1525Συνεχῆconstant, continual[Meaning] incessant. "But having put her under constant guards [sic], he exhausted her to a point where [only] with a noose did the girls [sic] escape from hunger."
- σ1526Συνεχόμενος;being confined, being constrained[Meaning someone] being unwell, or being overcome.
- σ1527Συνέχονchief, holding-together, unifying"As the chief matter [sc. they assumed that they had] a completely capable leader and champion." Meaning pressing hard, the more forcible. And elsewhere: "it was their plan's holding-together that neither a garrison nor…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaks, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen