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Headword:
Akibdêlon
Adler number: alpha,874
Translated headword: unadulterated
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] pure.[1]
"And they say good men are unadulterated, and also vigilant for their own improvement, through preparation which hides away what is worthless while causing the appearance of what is good in things without pretence; for the pretence has been stripped away in how they sound and how they look."[2]
Greek Original:Akibdêlon: katharon. kai akibdêlous phasin einai tous spoudaious, phulaktikous te einai tous epi to beltion ta peri hautous paristanein dia paraskeuês dunamenous tês ta phaula men apokruptousês, ta de huparchonta agatha phainesthai poiousês aplastôs. periêirêkenai gar en têi phônêi to plasma kai tôi eidei.
Notes:
[1] Masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, with same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at
Photius alpha748 Theodoridis); it must be quoted from somewhere.
[2]
Diogenes Laertius 7.118 (loosely quoted), on some Stoic doctrines.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 20 February 2000@04:42:57.
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