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Headword:
Adoxotata
Adler number: alpha,505
Translated headword: utter improbabilities, very improbable [things]
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] paradoxical things, impossible things in
Aristotle: "
paradoxa are the opposite of
endoxa, which are not altogether impossible things."[1]
Greek Original:Adoxotata: ta paradoxa, ta adunata para Aristotelei: esti de paradoxa ta tois endoxois enantia, ha ou pantôs êdê kai adunata estin.
Note:
[1] Alexander of
Aphrodisias,
Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 548.4-6 (in respect of
Topica 159a19-20, where this neuter plural occurs).
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 March 2001@18:03:05.
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