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Headword:
*ai(reto/n
Adler number: alphaiota,291
Translated headword: preferable
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] desirable.[1]
[Something] is called this in three ways: [because it is] good, [because it is] pleasant, [or because it is] advantageous. Whatever has all of these and is preferable in each respect is more to be preferred than those things which do not have all of them, for example practical wisdom.[2]
And elsewhere: "the emperor Aurelian was more a forcible general than an elected emperor, and, being harsh and unapproachable in every situation, he did not remain clean even of the blood of his own family."[3]
Greek Original:*ai(reto/n: e)piqumhto/n. tou=to trixw=s le/getai: to\ kalo/n, to\ h(du/, to\ sumfe/ron. w(=| dh\ tau=ta pa/nta u(pa/rxei kai\ dia\ pa/nta ai(reto/n, tou=to tw=n mh\ pa/nta e)xo/ntwn ai(retw/teron: oi(=on h( fro/nhsis. kai\ au)=qis: o( de\ *au)rhliano\s o( basileu\s ma=llon a)nagkai=os h)=n strathgo\s h)/per ai(reto\s basileu/s, e)n panti\ kairw=| dusxerh\s w)\n kai\ a)pro/sitos, w(s mhde\ tw=n oi)kei/wn ai(/matos diamei=nai kaqaro/s.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. For the headword adjective see also
alphaiota 292 and (comparative)
alphaiota 293. Latte on
Hesychius s.v. claims the present headword (masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular) as quoted from the
Septuagint, e.g.
Ecclesiasticus 20.25.
[2] Alexander of
Aphrodisias,
Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 271.5-8 & 11.
[3] John of
Antioch fr. 155 FHG (4.599), now 235 Roberto; cf.
alpha 4458.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 April 2003@18:55:22.
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