Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀσώματος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσώματος ἀσώματη ἀσώματον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + σωματ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sw=ma

Sense

  1. unembodied, incorporeal

Examples

  • "ὡσ,δὲ γεωμέτραι παισὶν οὔπω δυναμένοισ ἐφ’ ἑαυτῶν τὰ νοητὰ μυηθῆναι τῆσ ἀσωμάτου καὶ ἀπαθοῦσ οὐσίασ εἴδη πλάττοντεσ ἁπτὰ καὶ ὁρατὰ μιμήματα σφαιρῶν, ,καὶκύβων καὶ δωδεκαέδρων προτείνουσιν· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 19 3:18)
  • καὶ οὐχ ἅψεται πάλιν, ἀσωμάτου μεταξὺ ὄντοσ. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 40 4:2)
  • καὶ μὴν εἰ ἔστιν αἴτιον, ἤτοι σῶμα σώματόσ ἐστιν αἴτιον ἢ ἀσώματον ἀσωμάτου· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 38:6)
  • ἀσώματον δ’ ἀσωμάτου οὐκ ἂν εἰή αἴτιον διὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 39:2)
  • σῶμα δ’ ἀσωμάτου οὐκ ἂν εἰή αἴτιον, ὅτι τὸ γενόμενον τῆσ πασχούσησ ὕλησ ὀφείλει εἶναι· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 39:4)

Synonyms

  1. unembodied

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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