Τμῆμα
off-cut, piece, section, segment
Translated by Ronald Allen28 Oct 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that which is cut off [or: coinage/stamping].1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τμῆμα· κόμμα.
Betacode
*tmh=ma: ko/mma.
Notes (1)
- The headword -- already under nu 429 -- is a neuter substantive (
tmh=ma, -atos, to/ ) and given here in the nominative (and vocative and accusative) singular; cf. kappa 149 (gloss) and LSJ s.v. In mathematical contexts the headword means segment (Netz, p. 24), either of a straight line or of a circular arc (Euclid, Elements III, Definitions 6, 7, 8, 11; cf. Heath, pp. 1-5). - 1Like the lemma, the gloss is a neuter noun in the nominative, vocative, and accusative singular; see LSJ s.v. One of its meanings is identical. However, it also signifies the minting or impression of a coin; cf. kappa 262 (end), kappa 1981, and nu 466 (end). ↩
References
R. Netz, The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999
T. Heath, trans., The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, vol. II, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1908
T. Heath, trans., The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, vol. II, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1908
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- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen