Katastrophe
From LSJ
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
German > Latin
Katastrophe, fortunaevicissitudo od. commutatio (Glückswechsel, s. d.). – casus (Zwischenfall, unvorhergesehenes Ereignis). – exitus (Ausgang eines Stückes etc.). – eventus (Erfolg). – die K. eines Theaterstücks herbeiführen, argumenti exitum explicare.
