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Headword:
*)/entasis
Adler number: epsilon,1447
Translated headword: earnestness, strictness
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] intensity.[1]
"Inasmuch as the strictness of his life admitted a development rather Cynic both in nature and in practice."[2]
Greek Original:*)/entasis: h( e)pi/tasis. kaq' o(/son h( tou= bi/ou e)/ntasis e)pede/xeto kunikwte/ra proelqou=sa kai\ fu/sei kai\ e)pithdeu/sei.
Notes:
[1] In the Greek, headword and gloss differ simply in their prepositional prefix.
[2]
Damascius,
Life of Isidore fr.150 Zintzen (88 Asmus). For 'Cynic' cf.
kappa 2709.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 May 2007@23:53:18.
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