Τυχαία
accidental
Translated by Catharine Roth29 Aug 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Meaning [occurring] by chance.1 "Not appearing by some uncaused chance according to some irregular and accidental production, but as the necessary order of nature requires the sequence in what comes into being, so he says each thing has come into existence." Saint Gregory of Nyssa says [this] in his Cosmogeneia.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τυχαία· ἀντὶ τοῦ κατὰ τύχην. οὐκ αὐτομάτῳ τινὶ συντυχίᾳ κατά τινα ἄτακτον καὶ τυχαίαν φορὰν οὕτως ἀναφαινόμενα, ἀλλ' ὡς ἡ ἀναγκαία τῆς φύσεως τάξις ἐπιζητεῖ τὸ ἐν τοῖς γινομένοις ἀκόλουθον, οὕτως ἕκαστα γεγενῆσθαί φησιν. ὁ ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Νύσσης ἐν τῇ Κοσμογενείᾳ λέγει.
Betacode
*tuxai/a: a)nti\ tou= kata\ tu/xhn. ou)k au)toma/tw| tini\ suntuxi/a| kata/ tina a)/takton kai\ tuxai/an fora\n ou(/tws a)nafaino/mena, a)ll' w(s h( a)nagkai/a th=s fu/sews ta/cis e)pizhtei= to\ e)n toi=s ginome/nois a)ko/louqon, ou(/tws e(/kasta gegenh=sqai/ fhsin. o( a(/gios *grhgo/rios o( *nu/sshs e)n th=| *kosmogenei/a| le/gei.
Notes (2)
- Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF (and placed later in V).
- 1The unglossed headword is feminine nominative singular of
tuxai=os (LSJ entry at web address 1); it is either quoted from somewhere in that form or else, and more probably, generated by the accusative in the quotation given. ↩ - 2On the Six Days PG 44.72c. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Jan 2014
- another note; tweaks — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keywords — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth