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ἐντελέχεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐντελέχεια ἐντελεχείας

Structure: ἐντελεχει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. entelechy

Declension

First 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

  • τοῦ δὲ συνόλου ἤδη, οἱο͂ν κύκλου τουδὶ καὶ τῶν καθ’ ἕκαστά τινοσ ἢ αἰσθητοῦ ἢ νοητοῦ ‐ λέγω δὲ νοητοὺσ μὲν οἱο͂ν τοὺσ μαθηματικούσ, αἰσθητοὺσ δὲ οἱο͂ν τοὺσ χαλκοῦσ καὶ τοὺσ ξυλίνουσ ‐ τούτων δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁρισμόσ, ἀλλὰ μετὰ νοήσεωσ ἢ αἰσθήσεωσ γνωρίζονται, ἀπελθόντεσ δὲ ἐκ τῆσ ἐντελεχείασ οὐ δῆλον πότερον εἰσὶν ἢ οὐκ εἰσίν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 7 161:2)
  • αἴτιον δ’ ὅτι δυνάμεωσ καὶ ἐντελεχείασ ζητοῦσι λόγον ἑνοποιὸν καὶ διαφοράν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 8 82:1)
  • καὶ ἐντελεχείασ, καὶ πρῶτον περὶ δυνάμεωσ ἣ λέγεται μὲν μάλιστα κυρίωσ, οὐ μὴν χρησιμωτάτη γέ ἐστι πρὸσ ὃ βουλόμεθα νῦν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 9 5:1)

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