Ὑπόστασις
subsistence, substance, actual existence; resistance
Translated by Marcelo Boeri4 Jan 2004Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Strictly speaking, [it is] what subsists by itself and with its own constitution.1 So there is a thing both subsistent and essential where the gathering of what is accidental subsists as in one underlying reality and actuality.2
The etymology of 'subsistence' [u(po/stasis ] derives from the [verb] 'to subsist' [u(festa/nai ] and 'to exist' [u(pa/rxein ].
But in Aelian he calls oppositionu(po/stasis ['resistence']. For he says: "the Syrian people revolted [sc. from Persia] and he received in addition the neighbors of the Phoenicians in regard to both the same attack and resistance."3
The etymology of 'subsistence' [
But in Aelian he calls opposition
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπόστασις· κυρίως τὸ καθ' ἑαυτὸ ἰδιοσυστάτως ὑφιστάμενον. ἔστιν οὖν πρᾶγμα ὑφεστώς τε καὶ οὐσιῶδες, ἐν ᾧ τὸ τῶν συμβεβηκότων ἄθροισμα ὡς ἐν ἑνὶ ὑποκειμένῳ πράγματι καὶ ἐνεργείᾳ ὑφέστηκεν. ἐτυμολογεῖται δὲ ὑπόστασις παρὰ τὸ ὑφεστάναι καὶ ὑπάρχειν. παρὰ δὲ Αἰλιανῷ ὑπόστασιν λέγει τὴν ἀντίστασιν· φησὶ γάρ· ἀπέστη τὸ ἔθνος τῶν Σύρων καὶ Φοινίκων τοὺς γείτονας προσέλαβεν εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν ὁρμήν τε καὶ ὑπόστασιν.
Betacode
*(upo/stasis: kuri/ws to\ kaq' e(auto\ i)diosusta/tws u(fista/menon. e)/stin ou)=n pra=gma u(festw/s te kai\ ou)siw=des, e)n w(=| to\ tw=n sumbebhko/twn a)/qroisma w(s e)n e(ni\ u(pokeime/nw| pra/gmati kai\ e)nergei/a| u(fe/sthken. e)tumologei=tai de\ u(po/stasis para\ to\ u(festa/nai kai\ u(pa/rxein. para\ de\ *ai)lianw=| u(po/stasin le/gei th\n a)nti/stasin: fhsi\ ga/r: a)pe/sth to\ e)/qnos tw=n *su/rwn kai\ *foini/kwn tou\s gei/tonas prose/laben ei)s th\n au)th\n o(rmh/n te kai\ u(po/stasin.
Notes (3)
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 19 Dec 2022
- tweaked translation and reference — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- updated reference in note 3, tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- modified translation — Catharine Roth
- altered translation at one point; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri