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Headword:
*sune/xeia
Adler number: sigma,1524
Translated headword: continuity, compactness
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] density.[1]
Greek Original:*sune/xeia: h( pukno/ths.
Notes:
No equivalent entry in other lexica.
The headword is a feminine noun in the nominative (and vocative) singular; see generally LSJ s.v. It might be extracted from [
Aristotle],
On Colors 3 (793a12-13) (or subsequent commentary), where both the headword and gloss appear (see next note); but the word is not uncommon in philosophical contexts. (Another possibility [DW] is technical military literature: see LSJ s.v. I.6, citing
Aelian Tacticus and Arrian.)
cf. generally
sigma 1523,
sigma 1525,
sigma 1526,
sigma 1527; also
epsilon 636 (where the present headword is the gloss).
[1] The gloss is the same form as the headword. The entry might be generated from the aforementioned passage in [
Aristotle], which notes that "lustre is nothing other than the
continuity and
density of light"; see Barnes, p. 1221.
Reference:
J. Barnes, ed., The Complete Works of Aristotle, vol. 1, 'On colours,' T. Loveday and E.S. Forster, trans., Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; military affairs; philosophy; science and technology
Translated by: Ronald Allen on 6 June 2012@00:26:27.
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