Ὑγίεια
health
Translated by Ioannis Doukas28 Dec 2008Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
The best of all the human goods.1
Healthy2 is a due proportion of the primary bodily faculties, which are hotness, coldness, wetness, dryness.3
Also [sc. attested is the adjective]u(gieino/s ["healthy"], [meaning he who/that which is] sound.4
Also [sc. attested is] an adverbu(gieinw=s ["healthily"].
Healthy2 is a due proportion of the primary bodily faculties, which are hotness, coldness, wetness, dryness.3
Also [sc. attested is the adjective]
Also [sc. attested is] an adverb
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑγίεια· τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἀγαθῶν τὸ κάλλιστον. Ὑγεία ἐστὶ συμμετρία τῶν πρώτων σωματικῶν δυνάμεων, ἅ ἐστι θερμότης, ψυχρότης, ὑγρότης, ξηρότης. καὶ Ὑγιεινός, ὁ ὑγιής. καὶ ἐπίρρημα Ὑγιεινῶς.
Betacode
*(ugi/eia: tw=n a)nqrwpi/nwn a)gaqw=n to\ ka/lliston. *(ugei/a e)sti\ summetri/a tw=n prw/twn swmatikw=n duna/mewn, a(/ e)sti qermo/ths, yuxro/ths, u(gro/ths, chro/ths. kai\ *(ugieino/s, o( u(gih/s. kai\ e)pi/rrhma *(ugieinw=s.
Notes (4)
- cf. upsilon 22 and upsilon 23.
- 1Similarly in a fragment of Aristotle quoted by Aristoxenus [alpha 3927], Elementa harmonica 39.8-13 Rios. ↩
- 2
*(ugei/a is the feminine nominative singular of the adjectiveu(/geios , as at upsilon 23. Manuscript A readsu(gi/eia "health," which Bernhardy favored. ↩ - 3Cf. Aristotle, Topica 145b7-9. The phrase is quoted verbatim from Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 236.10-12 Wallies. ↩
- 4Adler reports an identical entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 29 May 2016
- coding etc. — David Whitehead
- more for n.1; tweaked tr; raised status — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- expanded notes — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaks and cometics — David Whitehead
- tweaks, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas