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Headword:
*)/aplastos
Adler number: alpha,3224
Translated headword: unfashioned, unfeigned
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] true, without deceit.[1]
"And rushing upon them together sweet dignity and unfeigned modesty informed the philosopher sufficiently and already made the young man known to him."[2]
But a)/plastos [also means] large. "Him a great destiny holds." That is, madness.[3]
Greek Original:*)/aplastos: a)lhqino\s, a)/dolos. kai\ a(/ma au)toi=s e)piqe/ousa semno/ths h(dei=a kai\ a)/plastos ai)dw\s e)pe/trexen i(kanw=s to\n filo/sofon kai\ h)/dh gnw/rimon e)poi/ei au)tw=| to\n neani/skon. *)/aplastos de\ h( mega/lh. to\n ai)=s' a)/plastos i)/sxei. toute/stin h( mani/a.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at
Photius alpha2434 Theodoridis. The headword is taken to be quoted from the
Septuagint (
Genesis 25.27).
[2]
Damascius,
Life of Isidore fr. 80 Zintzen =
Photius,
Bibl. p.341 b 31.
[3]
Sophocles,
Ajax 256, with scholion; again at
alphaiota 315. The older manuscripts read
a)/platos "unapproachable, terrible" (see web address 1).
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; mythology; philosophy; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 17 July 2000@22:37:55.
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