La Consignificatio verbal(peri hermeneias 16b 8-10): Ammonio, Boecio y Tomás de Aquino / The Consignificatio of Verb (Peri hermeneias16b 8 -10): Ammonius, Boethius and Aquinas

Abstract

variants the distinction between nouns and verbs. For both, the difference is that the verb consignificat (or “signifies with”) time and is always predicated of another. However, the notion of consignificatio is equivocal: sometimes, it indicates an added significance (like the verb, which in addition to its own meaning, signifies with time); sometimes it becomes equal to the meaning of the syncategorematic term (ie. it needs other terms to acquire meaning). Aquinas interprets consignificatio in an inequivocal way, providing an original explanation with metaphysical depth.