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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordHomichlē is mist.
- In StobaeusMist is described as vaporous exhalation thicker than air but thinner than cloud, arising at a cloud’s formation or from its remnant.
- In this edition“Mist” is direct; explain that “produces no water” concerns rain in this definition.
- A place to beginMist occupies an intermediate state between air and cloud.
- English renderings
- mist
Meaning
Homichlē is mist. The source defines it by comparison with air and cloud rather than by a modern measurement of droplets.
Use in the book
Mist is described as vaporous exhalation thicker than air but thinner than cloud, arising at a cloud’s formation or from its remnant. Its failure to produce water means that it does not yield falling rain. Clear weather is then defined through the absence of cloud and mist.
Places to read
- I.40.1.28Mist occupies an intermediate state between air and cloud.
Translation in this edition
“Mist” is direct; explain that “produces no water” concerns rain in this definition.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 262. The comparison concerns degrees of thickening in the ancient account, not a denial that mist contains moisture.