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ἕξις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕξις ἕξεως

Structure: ἑξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e(/cw, fut. of e)/xw

Sense

  1. an act of having, possession
  2. a being in a certain state, a permanent condition, produced by practice, a state or habit of body, especially a good habit
  3. a state or habit of mind
  4. skill as the result of practice, experience

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

  • καὶ ἔσται ἀντὶ ὀσμῆσ ἡδείασ κονιορτόσ, καὶ ἀντὶ ζώνησ σχοινίῳ ζώσῃ καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ κόσμου τῆσ κεφαλῆσ τοῦ χρυσίου φαλάκρωμα ἕξεισ διὰ τὰ ἔργα σου καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ χιτῶνοσ τοῦ μεσοπορφύρου περιζώσῃ σάκκον. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 3:24)
  • καὶ ὀπίσω τῶν σταθμῶν τῆσ θύρασ σου ἔθηκασ μνημόσυνά σου. ᾤου ὅτι ἐὰν ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ ἀποστῇσ, πλεῖόν τι ἕξεισ. ἠγάπησασ τοὺσ κοιμωμένουσ μετὰ σοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 57:8)
  • πικρὰν δ’ οὖν τὴν τυραννίδα ἕξεισ γευσάμενοσ τοῦ ξύλου. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 13:15)
  • οὕτω δὴ καὶ σύ, ὃν ἐξῆν μηκέτ’ ἀναλαμβάνειν εἴ ἀνάξιοσ ^ ἐδόκει τοῦ γένουσ, τοῦτον εἰ χρηστὸν ἡγησάμενοσ εἶναι πάλιν ἀνείληφασ, οὐκέτ’ ἀποκηρύττειν ἕξεισ· (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 11:4)
  • ἐπεὶ τίν’ ἄλλην ἀντὶ τῆσδ’ ἕξεισ στολήν; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. an act of having

  2. a state or habit of mind

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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