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Headword: Ἐπαί̈ειν
Adler number: epsilon,1929
Translated headword: to hear, to grasp
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
To listen.[1] "... understanding a little of dialectic, and being able to grasp something concerning these things, [but] accomplishing nothing more. For old landladies already know the famous "For if A, [so] B. Then again A; hence B."[2]
Greek Original:
Ἐπαί̈ειν: ἀκούειν. ὀλίγα διαλεκτικῆς ἁψάμενος, καὶ ὅσα ἐπαί̈ειν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἔχων, ἄλλο οὐδὲν πλέον περιεργασάμενος: τὸ γὰρ εἰ τὸ α#, τὸ β#. ἀλλὰ μὴν τὸ α#: τὸ ἄρα β#: ἴσασιν ἤδη περιφερόμενον αἱ πάνδοκοι γρᾶες.
Notes:
[1] cf. epsilon 1930.
[2] Damascius, Life of Isidore 356 Zintzen (223 Asmus); also quoted in part at alpha 278, delta 627, pi 179, pi 833.
Keywords: biography; daily life; definition; philosophy; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 20 August 2007@14:53:27.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 21 August 2007@03:15:59.
William Hutton (cross-references) on 3 September 2011@03:18:44.
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