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Headword: *sune/xeia
Adler number: sigma,1524
Translated headword: continuity, compactness
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] density.[1]
Greek Original:
*sune/xeia: h( pukno/ths.
Notes:
No equivalent entry in other lexica.
The headword is a feminine noun in the nominative (and vocative) singular; see generally LSJ s.v. It might be extracted from [Aristotle], On Colors 3 (793a12-13) (or subsequent commentary), where both the headword and gloss appear (see next note); but the word is not uncommon in philosophical contexts. (Another possibility [DW] is technical military literature: see LSJ s.v. I.6, citing Aelian Tacticus and Arrian.)
cf. generally sigma 1523, sigma 1525, sigma 1526, sigma 1527; also epsilon 636 (where the present headword is the gloss).
[1] The gloss is the same form as the headword. The entry might be generated from the aforementioned passage in [Aristotle], which notes that "lustre is nothing other than the continuity and density of light"; see Barnes, p. 1221.
Reference:
J. Barnes, ed., The Complete Works of Aristotle, vol. 1, 'On colours,' T. Loveday and E.S. Forster, trans., Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; military affairs; philosophy; science and technology
Translated by: Ronald Allen on 6 June 2012@00:26:27.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (tweaks, status) on 6 June 2012@01:01:36.
David Whitehead (augmented notes; another keyword; cosmetics) on 6 June 2012@03:20:57.
David Whitehead on 3 January 2014@06:43:22.

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