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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 317

Section 317 of 757

Canonical reference 1.317

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

τούς γὰρ ἐραστὰς οἴτίνές εἰσι καὶ τὰ ὄρη καὶ τὸ ἀσπιδόεν ἄρθρον καὶ τούς τροχαντῆρας, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὸν ὅλμον καὶ τὰς ἀλώπεκας δοχαίην τε καὶ αἰῶνα καὶ ἁρμονίαν, μήτε τροπικῶς μήτε κατὰ ἱστορίαν ἀλλὰ κυρίως ἐξενεχθέντα ὀνόματα, κἆν μυριάκις ἐπιστήσωσιν, οὐ συνήσουσιν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

For who the lovers are, and what the mountains, the shield-shaped joint, and the rollers are, and further the mortar, the foxes, “receptive,” “life,” and “harmony,” all being terms used neither figuratively nor historically but in their proper senses, they will not understand even if they devote themselves to them ten thousand times.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Qui sont les amants, les montagnes, l’articulation en forme de bouclier, les trochanters, mais aussi le mortier, les renards, le réceptacle, la durée et l’harmonie? Ces noms étant employés ni métaphoriquement ni selon un récit historique, mais dans leur sens propre, les grammairiens ne les comprendront pas, même s’ils y appliquent dix mille fois leur attention.

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