ἀφορισμός
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A delimitation, assignment of boundaries, SIG827F7; γῆς PFreib.11.7 (iv A. D.); θέσεως Simp. in Ph.626.20. II separation, distinction, Thphr.CP3.14.2; ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ Thd.Is.56.3: hence, banishment, = Lat.relegatio, Lyd.Mag. 3.17 (pl.), Ost.9c (pl.). 2 determination, Arist.Cat.3b22. 3 attainment of definiteness, Thphr.Metaph.28; distinctive character or feature, Alex.Aphr.in Top.74.14. 4 pithy sentence, aphorism (such as those of Hp.), Critias 39 D., Ph.1.636, Hermog.Id.1.6. 5 fixed rule, Thphr.HP9.2.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 414] ὁ, 1) Abgränzung. Bestimmung, Theophr. – 2) ein kurzer Satz, der den Hauptbegriff einer Sache gedrängt zusammenfaßt, z. B. die Aphorismen des Hippokrates.
