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Headword: *du/namis
Adler number: delta,1572
Translated headword: power
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Also [means] strength.[1]
Damascius [says] about Isidore: "he concerned himself with some works of poetry, not as much as he was able, but as much as he had desire."[2]
Greek Original:
*du/namis: kai\ h( i)sxu/s. *dama/skios peri\ *)isidw/rou: o( de\ e)mele/ta a)/tta tw=n poihtikw=n, ou)x o(/son duna/mews, a)ll' o(/son o)re/cews ei)=xe.
Notes:
[1] The 'also' is perhaps a cross-reference to the preceding entry, delta 1571, q.v.
[2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 112 Zintzen (61 Asmus, 48A Athanassiadi); quoted more fully at alpha 4304.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; philosophy; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 11 February 2004@21:24:14.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another note; cosmetics) on 12 February 2004@03:14:56.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 18 July 2012@09:40:27.

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