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Headword:
Ὕλη
Adler number: upsilon,94
Translated headword: forest, matter
Vetting Status: low
Translation: A place full of trees.[1]
ὕλη [is] also [a term for] an excuse,[2] or a proposal.
"[...] forests of providers, both so numerous and remarkable"[3]
Greek Original:Ὕλη: ὁ σύνδενδρος τόπος. Ὕλη καὶ ἡ σκῆψις, ἢ ὑπόθεσις. ὕλας χορηγῶν καὶ τοσαύτας καὶ ξένας.
Notes:
[1] Similarly glossed in the
Etymologicum Magnum 776.34 and
Apion. Cf.
upsilon 95.
[2] cf. generally
sigma 589.
[3] George of
Pisidia,
Persian Expedition 3.61; see already at
xi 23.
Keywords: botany; definition; economics; imagery; law; military affairs; poetry; rhetoric
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 27 August 2008@12:39:37.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (modified tr; another note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 28 August 2008@04:24:35.
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