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ἔμφυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμφυτος

Structure: ἐμφυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. inborn, natural
  2. planted
  3. implanted

Examples

  • εἰσὶ δήπουθεν ἐπιθυμίαι πολλαὶ καὶ πολλῶν, ἔνιαι μὲν ἔμφυτοι λεγόμεναι καὶ περὶ τὸ σῶμα βλαστάνουσαι, πρὸσ τὰσ ἀναγκαίασ ἡδονάσ αἱ δ’ ἐπήλυδεσ, αἳ ἕνεκα κενῶν δοξῶν, ἰσχὺν δὲ καὶ βίαν ὑπὸ χρόνου καὶ συνηθείασ ἐν τροφῇ μοχθηρᾷ λαβοῦσαι , πολλάκισ ἕλκουσι καὶ ταπεινοῦσι τὴν ψυχὴν ἐρρωμενέστερον τῶν ἀναγκαίων· (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 15 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. inborn

  2. planted

  3. implanted

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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