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Headword: Ἔγκλισις
Adler number: epsilon,102
Translated headword: inclination
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

Anaxagoras[1] says that at the top of the earth is the pole which always appears, but later it acquired its inclination.[2] That is, a deviation.

Greek Original:

Ἔγκλισις: Ἀναξαγόρας φησὶν ὥστε κατὰ κορυφὴν τῆς γῆς τὸν ἀεὶ φαινόμενον εἶναι πόλον, ὕστερον δὲ τὴν ἔγκλισιν λαβεῖν. τουτέστι παρατροπήν.

Notes:

Cf. generally epsilon 101.
[1] For whom see alpha 1981.
[2] Diogenes Laertius 2.9.

Keywords: definition; philosophy; science and technology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 4 July 2003@14:49:26.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (added x-ref; cosmetics) on 6 July 2003@06:24:15.

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