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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordDrimys describes pungency or a sharp sensory effect.
- In StobaeusThe Timaeus compares actions across different senses: effects on the visual stream are related to hot and cold effects on flesh and to astringent and pungent effects on the tongue.
- In this edition“Pungent” marks the taste context while “sharp” may need explanation.
- A place to beginHeating tastes provide an analogy for the physical actions involved in color perception.
- English renderings
- pungent; sharp in taste
Meaning
Drimys describes pungency or a sharp sensory effect. Here it belongs to the vocabulary of heating tastes.
Use in the book
The Timaeus compares actions across different senses: effects on the visual stream are related to hot and cold effects on flesh and to astringent and pungent effects on the tongue. Pungency is a member of this comparison, not another name for a visible color.
Places to read
- I.16.2.3Heating tastes provide an analogy for the physical actions involved in color perception.
Translation in this edition
“Pungent” marks the taste context while “sharp” may need explanation.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 150. The passage proposes similar physical actions across different domains of sensation; it does not claim that the sensations are experienced identically.