ἀφορμή

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Transliteration A: aphormḗ Transliteration B: aphormē Transliteration C: aformi Beta Code: a)formh/

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A starting-point, esp. in war, base of operations, ἀναχώρησίς τε καὶ ἀ. Th.1.90, cf. Plb.1.41.6, etc.; place of safety, E.Med.342.    2 generally, starting-point, origin, occasion or pretext, ἀφορμαὶ λόγων Id.Hec.1239, Ph.199; ἀφορμὴν παρέχειν D.18.156; δεδωκέναι Id.21.98, cf. 2 Ep.Cor.5.12; λαβεῖν ἀ. Isoc.4.61, Ep.Rom.7.8; εὑρεῖν BGU615.6(ii A. D.), 923.22 (i/ii A. D.); ἵνα ἀ. γένοιτο τιμῆς Inscr.Prien.105.16 (i B. C.); ἀ. καὶ πρόφασις Plb. 2.52.3; occasion, origin of an illness, Hp.Epid.2.1.11, Sor.1.29; εἰδέ τις οἴεται μικρὰν ἀ. εἶναι σιτηρέσιον τοῖς στρατευομένοις ὑπάρχειν a small inducement, D.4.29; τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀ. τοῦ κακὼς φρονεῖν Id.1.23; instigation, incitement, POxy.237 vii 21 (ii A. D.).    3 means with which one begins a thing, resources, ἀ. τοῦ βίου Lys.24.24; εἰς τὸν βίον X.Mem.3.12.4; τίνας εἶχεν ἀφορμὰς ἡ πόλις; D.18.233; ἀφελεῖν τὴν ἀ. δι' ἣν ὑβρίζει Id.21.98; πίστις ἀ. μεγίστη πρὸς χρηματισμόν good faith is the best asset for business, Id.36.44, cf. 11.16; ἀ. ἐπί . . Id.3.33; esp. means of war, And.1.109; ἀ. εἰς ξένους χιλίους means for levying 1000 mercenaries, X.HG4.8.33; ἀ. ἔργων means for undertaking... Id.Mem.2.7.11, cf.3.5.11; πρὸς ἀφορμὴν ἐμπορίας ἢ γεωργίας Arist.Pol.1320a39; πάντων ἀ. τῶν καλῶν Philem.110.    4 capital of a banker, etc., Lys.Fr.1.2, X.Mem.2.7.12, Lycurg.26,D.14.30,36.11; ἀφορμῆς δίκη suit for restitution of capital, Arg.D.36.    5 Rhet., food for argument, material, subject, ὑποθέσεις καὶ ἀφορμαὶ λόγων Luc.Rh.Pr.18, cf. Men.Rh.p.334S., Aps.p.264H.    6 aptitude, inclination, εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν Phld.Ir.p.53 W. (pl.).    II Stoic term for repulsion (opp. ὁρμή), Chrysipp.Stoic.3.42, cf. 40, Simp. in Epict.p.22D.    III release of water from sluice, PAmh.2.143.17 (iv A. D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 414] ἡ, der Ort, von dem man ausgeht, Ausgangspunkt, z. B. zu kriegerischen Unternehmungen, Thuc. 1, 90; Ursache, Veranlassung, Gelegenheit, ἀφορμὴν λαβόντες τὴν σωτηρίαν Isocr. 4, 61; τοῦ κακῶς φρονεῖν Dem. 1, 23; καὶ πρόφασις Pol. 2, 52, der das Wort sehr oft hat, z. B. ἀφορμὴν ἔχειν πρός τι, εἴς τι, 1, 88. 2, 7; ἀφορμὴν διδόναι τινὶ πρός τι 10, 33; λαβεῖν ἔκ τινος 3, 32; die Mittel zu einer Unternehmung, die in dem Terrain liegen, αἱ ἐκ τούτων τῶν τόπων Pol. 2, 17; die Geldmittel, δανείσασθαι ἐς ἔργων ἀφορμήν Xen. Mem. 2, 7, 11, Geld borgen, um eine Unternehmung zu beginnen; ἀφορμὴ εἰς ξένους τρισχιλίους, Mittel, um 8000 Söldner zu werben, Hell. 4, 8, 32; τοῖς παισὶν ἀφορμὰς εἰς τὸν βίον καταλείπουσι Mem. 3, 5, 11; ἀφορμαὶ παισίν, Auskommen für, Eur. Med. 342. So Dem. ἀφορμὴ αὐτοῦ ἀσθενεστέρα 14, 29; εἰ ἦν αὐτῷ ἰδία ἀφ. πρὸς τῇ τραπέζῃ, ein eigenes Kapital beim Wechsler, 36, 11; πίστις ἀφορμὴ πασῶν μεγίστη πρὸς χρηματισμόν, der Kredit ist das beste Kapital, 36, 44. – Bei den Stoikern im Ggstz von ὁρμή, Abneigung, Abmahnung, Plut. de stoic. rep. 11.