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Headword:
*teqewrhme/nh
Adler number: tau,221
Translated headword: theoretically proficient, proficient in theory
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] seeking true knowledge.[1]
"So
Arcesilaus the philosopher was sluggish and listless in his nature, but theoretically proficient in his craft; he said that geometry flew into his mouth while it was open."[2]
*teqewrhme/nh: zhthtikh\ th=s a)lhqou=s gnw/sews. o( me\n ou)=n *)arkesi/laos o( filo/sofos nwqro\s h)=n th\n fu/sin kai\ xasmw/dhs, e)n de\ th=| te/xnh| teqewrhme/nos, ei)pw\n th\n gewmetri/an au)tou= xa/skontos ei)s to\ sto/ma e)mpth=nai.
Notes:
[1] The headword is perfect middle/passive participle of
qewre/w, feminine nominative singular. It is presumably quoted from somewhere, or generated by such a quotation; in view of the passage proffered here (which contains the corresponding masculine nominative), perhaps the Stoic doctrine at
Diogenes Laertius 7.90 (dative case there), a passage garbled at
alpha 3830.
[2]
Diogenes Laertius 4.32, quoted already (in indirect speech) at
theta 213. For
Arcesilaus see generally
alpha 3950.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 November 2013@01:22:12.
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