particular
Ὁ κόσμος σκηνή, ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες, εἶδες, ἀπῆλθες → The world is a stage, life is your entrance: you came, you saw, you departed (Democritus fr. 115 D-K)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
distinctive, different: P. and V. διάφορος; see especial.
private, personal: P. and V. οἰκεῖος, ἴδιος.
careful: P. and V. ἐπιμελής (Sophocles, Fragment).
hard to please: P. and V. δυσάρεστος.
a sacrifice about which he was most particular: P. περὶ ἣν μάλιστα ἐκεῖνος θυσίαν ἐσπούδαζε (Isaeus 70).
as opposed to universal: ὁ καθ' ἕκαστον (Aristotle).
particulars: see details.
whether one violates one's duty to the gods and the rights of men, be it in a small or greater particular, the principle is the same: P. τὸ εὐσεβὲς καὶ τὸ δίκαιον ἄν τ' ἐπὶ μικροῦ ἄν τ' ἐπὶ μείζονος παραβαίνῃ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δύναμιν (Dem. 114).
