Aristotle, Categories, Section 1
Posted: November 12th, 2013, 8:00 pm
I have a general understanding of Aristotle's philosophy, but I want to have a precise understanding of his Greek.
So, here's the first line of Categories.
Ὁμώνυμα = "homonyms"
ὄνομα μόνον κοινόν = only a common name
ὁ δὲ κατὰ τοὔνομα λόγος τῆς οὐσίας ἕτερος = but the definition of the essence corresponding to the name is different
1. Do you have any critiques of the above?
2. Also, I don't know about ὧν...I suppose it's neuter gender in this context, definitely genitive case. But, how to translate it?
3. Finally, what is the subject of λέγεται (which appears to be conjugated according to a singular subject)?
Thank you in advance.
So, here's the first line of Categories.
λέγεται - "is called"Ὁμώνυμα λέγεται ὧν ὄνομα μόνον κοινόν, ὁ δὲ κατὰ τοὔνομα λόγος τῆς οὐσίας ἕτερος...
Ὁμώνυμα = "homonyms"
ὄνομα μόνον κοινόν = only a common name
ὁ δὲ κατὰ τοὔνομα λόγος τῆς οὐσίας ἕτερος = but the definition of the essence corresponding to the name is different
1. Do you have any critiques of the above?
2. Also, I don't know about ὧν...I suppose it's neuter gender in this context, definitely genitive case. But, how to translate it?
3. Finally, what is the subject of λέγεται (which appears to be conjugated according to a singular subject)?
Thank you in advance.