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εὐφυί̈ᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐφυί̈ᾱ εὐφυί̈ας

Structure: εὐφυϊ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from eu)fuh/s

Sense

  1. natural goodness of growth or shape, shapeliness
  2. good natural parts, natural cleverness, genius, goodness
  3. (of places) fertility, favorable situation

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

  • ὁπότε γὰρ ἀφεθείην ὑπὸ τῶν διδασκάλων, ἀποξέων ἂν τὸν κηρὸν ἢ βόασ ἢ ἵππουσ ἢ καὶ νὴ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀνέπλαττον, εἰκότασ,^ ὡσ ἐδόκουν τῷ πατρί ἐφ’ οἷσ παρὰ μὲν τῶν διδασκάλων πληγὰσ ἐλάμβανον, τότε δὲ ἔπαινοσ εἰσ τὴν εὐφυίαν καὶ ταῦτα ἦν, καὶ χρηστὰσ εἶχον ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ τὰσ ἐλπίδασ ὡσ ἐν βραχεῖ μαθήσομαι τὴν τέχνην, ἀπ’ ἐκείνησ γε τῆσ πλαστικῆσ. (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 2:5)
  • ἀπορρήτων ἐφάπτεσθαι τοῖσ ὀνόμασι καὶ τοῖσ ῥήμασιν, ἀλλ’ ἀποκειμένων καὶ κεκρυμμένων ἐπινοεῖν τὴν πρὸσ τὸ γεννᾶν καὶ λοχεύεσθαι τῶν μορίων ἐκείνων εὐφυϊάν. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 3 6:1)
  • τὰ δὲ περὶ τὴν γένεσιν ἀξίωσ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν οὐδ’ εὐπρεπὲσ ἴσωσ λίαν ἀκριβῶσ τῶν ἀπορρήτων ἐμφύεσθαι τοῖσ ὀνόμασι καὶ τοῖσ ῥήμασιν, ἀλλ’ ἀποκειμένων καὶ κεκρυμμένων ἐπινοεῖν τὴν πρὸσ τὸ γεννᾶν καὶ λοχεύεσθαι τῶν μορίων ἐκείνων εὐφυϊάν. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 3 1:4)
  • οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ αὐτὸν ηὔξησεν Ἀριστείδησ ὁ Λυσιμάχου, τὴν εὐφυί̈αν ἐνορῶν τῷ ἤθει, καὶ ποιούμενοσ οἱο͂ν ἀντίπαλον πρὸσ τὴν Θεμιστοκλέουσ δεινότητα καὶ τόλμαν. (Plutarch, , chapter 5 4:2)
  • συνὼν δέ σοι μῆνα τουτονὶ πέμπτον, τὸ μὲν ἐξ ὑπαρχόντων δι’ εὐφυϊάν ἀγαθῶν ἐπίδοσιν γεγονέναι τοσαύτην καὶ αὔξησιν οὐ πάνυ θαυμαστὸν ἡγοῦμαι· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 1 6:1)

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