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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordThēlys means female.
- In StobaeusThe commentator explains fruitful things as female and barren streams as male, reasoning that the female both receives generation and nurtures.
- In this edition“Female” preserves the argument’s literal vocabulary; “fertile” can explain the figurative sense.
- A place to beginFemale dew is interpreted through fertility and nourishment.
- English renderings
- female
Meaning
Thēlys means female. Figurative applications can connect it with fertility and nourishment in a particular author’s explanation.
Use in the book
The commentator explains fruitful things as female and barren streams as male, reasoning that the female both receives generation and nurtures. The phrase female dew is accordingly read as fertile, nourishing dew. This is an interpretation of poetic imagery, not a neutral biological classification of waters.
Places to read
- I.49.50.6Female dew is interpreted through fertility and nourishment.
Translation in this edition
“Female” preserves the argument’s literal vocabulary; “fertile” can explain the figurative sense.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 419. The commentary’s male-female contrast belongs to its explanation of the quoted images and should remain attributed to it.