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Ἀρκάς

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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

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ἀρκάς: -άδος, ὁ, ὁ κάτοικος τῆς Ἀρκαδίας, πληθ. Ἀρκάδες, Ἰλ. Β. 611· ὡσαύτως ὡς ἐπίθ. ὁ, ἡ, Ἀρκὰς κυνῆ, «Ἀρκαδικὸς πῖλος» Ἡσύχ. (Σόφ. Ἀποσπ. (251) 262): ― Ἀρκᾰδία, ἡ, ἡ χώρα, Ἰλ.· ἐντεῦθεν -ίηνδε Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Β. 1052· -ίηθεν ὁ αὐτ. Α. 161· Ἀρκᾰδικός, ή, όν, ὁ ἐξ Ἀρκαδίας, Μένανδ. ἐν «Τροφωνίῳ» 1. 8.

French (Bailly abrégé)

άδος (ὁ, ἡ)
1 roi des Arcadiens;
2 Arcadien ; οἱ Ἀρκάδες les Arcadiens.
Étymologie: DELG ἄρκτος ; les Arcadiens se considéraient comme descendants de l’ourse Callisto et allaient au combat revêtus d’une peau d’ours.