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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

  • Ἀριστοτέλησ, ἐντελέχεια κινητοῦ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, chapter 23 2:2)
  • ἡ γὰρ ἐντελέχεια χωρίζει, ὥστ’ εἰ ἡ οὐσία ἕν, οὐκ ἔσται ἐξ οὐσιῶν ἐνυπαρχουσῶν καὶ κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον, ὃν λέγει Δημόκριτοσ ὀρθῶσ· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 7 218:1)
  • τοῦ αὐτοῦ γὰρ λόγου, καὶ ἡ οὐσία ἓν οὕτωσ, ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὡσ λέγουσί τινεσ οἱο͂ν μονάσ τισ οὖσα ἢ στιγμή, ἀλλ’ ἐντελέχεια καὶ φύσισ τισ ἑκάστη. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 8 47:3)
  • συμβαίνει δὲ κινεῖσθαι ὅταν ἡ ἐντελέχεια ᾖ αὐτή, καὶ οὔτε πρότερον οὔθ’ ὕστερον. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 11 137:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ οὐχ ἡ τοῦ χαλκοῦ ἐντελέχεια, ᾗ χαλκόσ, κίνησίσ ἐστιν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 11 137:5)
  • 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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