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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

  • κρίνων δὲ κατὰ βραχὺ ἐδίδουσ τόπον μετανοίασ, οὐκ ἀγνοῶν ὅτι πονηρὰ ἡ γένεσισ αὐτῶν καὶ ἔμφυτοσ ἡ κακία αὐτῶν καὶ ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἀλλαγῇ ὁ λογισμὸσ αὐτῶν εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 12:10)
  • ἀλλ’ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ ἄλλου βίου ἔμφυτοσ αἰσχροκέρδεια καὶ πονηρία ταῦτ’ εἰσ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῷ τέτροφε. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 131:3)
  • ἦ που κατανενόηκασ ἤδη τινὰσ τοιούτουσ, οἷσ ἔμφυτοσ ὁ ἔρωσ οὗτόσ ἐστι πρὸσ τὸ ψεῦδοσ; (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 2:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τῆσ τύχησ εὐροούσησ ἐπαιρόμενοσ τοῖσ πράγμασι πολλὰσ μὲν ἀνέφυε καὶ μεγάλασ ἐπιθυμίασ, ἡ δ’ ἔμφυτοσ κακία, τὸν παρὰ φύσιν σχηματισμὸν ἐκβιαζομένη καὶ ἀναδύουσα, κατὰ μικρὸν ἀπεγύμνου καὶ διέφαινεν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἦθοσ, πρῶτον μὲν ἰδίᾳ τὸν νεώτερον Ἄρατον ἠδίκει περὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἐλάνθανεν ἐφέστιοσ ὢν καὶ ξενιζόμενοσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν· (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 49 1:1)
  • ἔστι δὲ τὸ αὑτοῦ αἰσθάνεσθαι καὶ τὸ αὑτὸν γνωρίζειν αἱρετώτατον ἑκάστῳ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τοῦ ζῆν πᾶσιν ἔμφυτοσ ἡ ὄρεξισ· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 230:4)

Synonyms

  1. inborn

  2. planted

  3. implanted

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