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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordKustis is a bladder or sac.
- In StobaeusThe physiological report locates the bladder beyond the path associated with the lung and kidneys.
- In this edition“Bladder” is appropriate; “sac” would lose the anatomical specificity of the passage.
- A place to beginThe bladder is situated within the routes of drink and bodily discharge.
- English renderings
- bladder
Meaning
Kustis is a bladder or sac. Here it is the organ that receives drink in the account of bodily passages.
Use in the book
The physiological report locates the bladder beyond the path associated with the lung and kidneys. It also relates bodily outlets, compressed breath, and the generation of seed to the arrangement of marrow. The entry’s meaning comes from this particular anatomical construction, rather than from the generic idea of a hollow container.
Places to read
- I.47.1.3The bladder is situated within the routes of drink and bodily discharge.
Translation in this edition
“Bladder” is appropriate; “sac” would lose the anatomical specificity of the passage.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 298–299. The adjacent account links several processes that modern physiology distinguishes differently. Their association is evidence for the ancient explanation preserved here.