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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

  • ἀφείλετὸ μου τὴν ἐνδελέχειαν, ἐντελέχειαν ἀξιοῦν λέγεσθαι παρὰ πάντασ τοὺσ νόμουσ· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 10:4)
  • "πρώτην ἐντελέχειαν σώματοσ φυσικοῦ ὀργανικοῦ δυνάμει ζωὴν ἔχοντοσ. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 8, section 2 1:1)
  • τῆσ δὲ γῆσ καὶ τοῦ ὕδατοσ ἔστι τινὰ πρότερα ἐξ ὧν γέγονεν, ἡ ὕλη ἄμορφοσ οὖσα καὶ ἀειδήσ, καὶ τὸ εἶδοσ ὃ καλοῦμεν ἐντελέχειαν, καὶ ἡ στέρησισ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, 4:1)
  • Ἀριστοτέλησ δὲ Νικομάχου Σταγειρίτησ ἀρχὰσ μὲν ἐντελέχειαν, ἤτοι εἶδοσ ὕλην στέρησιν· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, chapter 3 46:1)
  • Ἀριστοτέλησ, ἐντελέχεια κινητοῦ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, chapter 23 2:2)
  • Ἀριστοτέλησ δυνάμει μὲν εἰσ ἄπειρον ἐντελεχείᾳ δ̓ οὐδαμῶσ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, 1:2)
  • τὸ γὰρ δυνάμει ὂν καὶ μὴ ἐντελεχείᾳ τὸ ἀόριστόν ἐστιν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 4 97:3)
  • μὲν γὰρ ἐνδέχεται ἅμα ταὐτὸ εἶναι τὰ ἐναντία, ἐντελεχείᾳ δ’ οὔ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 4 133:1)
  • καὶ ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆσ κινήσεωσ τῶν φύσει ὄντων αὕτη ἐστίν, ἐνυπάρχουσά πωσ ἢ δυνάμει ἢ ἐντελεχείᾳ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 5 50:2)

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