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Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection

Porphyry, Sententiae, 25

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cĭnăra: ae, f., = κινάρα>,
I a kind of artichoke (Cinara scolymus, Linn.), a native of the island of Cinara, Col. 10, 235; 11, 3, 14 and 28; Sen. Herc. Fur. 206.