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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordStoma is the mouth and can more broadly mean an opening.
- In StobaeusThe breathing account joins mouth and nostrils as one route, contrasting it with passage through the body’s surface.
- In this edition“Mouth” preserves the anatomical sense; “opening” suits non-anatomical extensions.
- A place to beginMouth and nostrils form one of two routes in the breathing account.
- English renderings
- mouth; opening
Meaning
Stoma is the mouth and can more broadly mean an opening. Anatomical and geographical uses share that image without becoming identical.
Use in the book
The breathing account joins mouth and nostrils as one route, contrasting it with passage through the body’s surface. Heated and cooled air move through the alternating circuit. Here stoma is the bodily mouth, not a separately named respiratory organ or a metaphor for speech.
Places to read
- I.60.1.7Mouth and nostrils form one of two routes in the breathing account.
Translation in this edition
“Mouth” preserves the anatomical sense; “opening” suits non-anatomical extensions.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 500. The Greek dual organizes two routes, not merely two individual holes. The translation makes understood subjects explicit.