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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordChalaza is hail.
- In StobaeusThe report distinguishing actual formations from appearances uses rain and hail on the first side, the rainbow on the second.
- In this edition“Hail” is direct, while the surrounding account should distinguish formation from appearance.
- A place to beginHail exemplifies a substantial formation rather than an optical appearance.
- English renderings
- hail
Meaning
Chalaza is hail. It can illustrate a substantial meteorological formation as well as receive a particular account of freezing.
Use in the book
The report distinguishing actual formations from appearances uses rain and hail on the first side, the rainbow on the second. Hail is treated as a body with its own subsistence; the rainbow is treated as an appearance dependent on conditions. This distinction concerns the status of the phenomena, not whether both can be seen.
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Translation in this edition
“Hail” is direct, while the surrounding account should distinguish formation from appearance.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 238–239, 247. The claim that an appearance lacks its own subsistence does not mean that no appearance occurs or that observers merely invent it.