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βάσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βάσις βάσεως

Structure: βασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: bai/nw

Sense

  1. step
  2. rhythm
  3. foot
  4. foundation, base
  5. (geometry) one of the three sides of a triangle
  6. fixedness

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ ἐκ τετραγώνων ὂν βάσεων, ἅτε βεβηκὸσ σφόδρα, ἀντιτυπώτατον εἶδοσ, ὅτι τε ἂν εἰσ πυκνότητα συνιὸν πλείστην ἀντίτονον ᾖ μάλιστα. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 289:6)
  • Τὰ παραλληλόγραμμα τὰ ἐπὶ ἴσων βάσεων ὄντα καὶ ἐν ταῖσ αὐταῖσ παραλλήλοισ ἴσα ἀλλήλοισ ἐστίν. (Euclid, Elements, book 1, type Prop506)
  • Ἔστω παραλληλόγραμμα τὰ ΑΒΓΔ, ΕΖΗΘ ἐπὶ ἴσων βάσεων ὄντα τῶν ΒΓ, ΖΗ καὶ ἐν ταῖσ αὐταῖσ παραλλήλοισ ταῖσ ΑΘ, ΒΗ· (Euclid, Elements, book 1, type Prop507)
  • Τὰ ἄρα παραλληλόγραμμα τὰ ἐπὶ ἴσων βάσεων ὄντα καὶ ἐν ταῖσ αὐταῖσ παραλλήλοισ ἴσα ἀλλήλοισ ἐστίν· (Euclid, Elements, book 1, type Prop520)
  • Τὰ τρίγωνα τὰ ἐπὶ ἴσων βάσεων ὄντα καὶ ἐν ταῖσ αὐταῖσ παραλλήλοισ ἴσα ἀλλήλοισ ἐστίν. (Euclid, Elements, book 1, type Prop537)

Synonyms

  1. step

  2. rhythm

  3. foot

  4. foundation

  5. one of the three sides of a triangle

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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