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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordKoilos is hollow or concave.
- In StobaeusAratus treats a hollow-looking solar disk as an unfavorable weather sign.
- In this edition“Hollow-seeming” keeps the passage’s explicit distinction between appearance and composition.
- A place to beginA hollow-seeming disk is interpreted as a sign of rain or wind.
- English renderings
- hollow; concave
Meaning
Koilos is hollow or concave. A description of apparent shape need not assert the object’s actual internal structure.
Use in the book
Aratus treats a hollow-looking solar disk as an unfavorable weather sign. The phrase concerns how the sun appears under atmospheric conditions, in contrast with a clear and unmarked disk. It should not be converted into a claim that the sun is physically an empty shell.
Places to read
- I.25.9.1A hollow-seeming disk is interpreted as a sign of rain or wind.
Translation in this edition
“Hollow-seeming” keeps the passage’s explicit distinction between appearance and composition.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 214–215. The excerpt belongs to a sequence of weather indications; its observational setting governs the sense of the adjective.