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Headword: *xrh/simon pra=gma
Adler number: chi,499
Translated headword: useful matter, useful thing
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"That which offers service of [some] benefit;[1] but [something] serviceable [is] that which turns out a laudable use."
Greek Original:
*xrh/simon pra=gma: o(/ ti xrei/an w)felei/as pare/xetai: eu)/xrhston de/, o(/ ti xrei/an e)paineth\n a)perga/zetai.
Notes:
Stoic doctrine quoted from Diogenes Laertius 7.99
[1] cf. already chi 497 (and chi 498).
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; philosophy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 April 2008@04:45:12.
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David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 6 April 2008@07:12:24.
David Whitehead on 8 August 2011@06:09:56.
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