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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

  • ὅθεν ἔδοξεν ἐνίοισ ἔκνουσ ὑπὸ γήρωσ ἢ μεγέθουσ κακῶν γεγονέναι καὶ τῶν ἀτυχημάτων ἀναίσθητοσ, αὐτοῖσ ὡσ ἀληθῶἀναισθήτοισ οὖσιν ὅσον ἐξ εὐφυϊάσ καὶ τοῦ γεγονέναι καὶ τετράφθαι καλῶσ ὄφελόσ ἐστι πρὸσ ἀλυπίαν ἀνθρώποισ, καὶ ὅτι τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ἡ τύχη φυλαττομένησ μὲν τὰ κακὰ πολλάκισ περίεστιν, ἐν δὲ τῷ πταῖσαι τὸ φέρειν εὐλογίστωσ οὐ παραιρεῖται. (Plutarch, Caius Gracchus, chapter 19 3:1)
  • ἤδη δὲ πολλῶν καὶ γενναίων ἀθροιζομένων καὶ περιεπόντων, οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι καταφανεῖσ ἦσαν τὴν λαμπρότητα τῆσ ὡρ́ασ ἐκπεπληγμένοι καὶ θεραπεύοντεσ, ὁ δὲ Σωκράτουσ ἔρωσ μέγα μαρτύριον ἦν τῆσ ἀρετῆσ καὶ εὐφυί̈ασ τοῦ παιδόσ, ἣν ἐμφαινομένην τῷ εἴδει καὶ διαλάμπουσαν ἐνορῶν, φοβούμενοσ δὲ τὸν πλοῦτον καὶ τὸ ἀξίωμα καὶ τὸν προκαταλαμβάνοντα κολακείαισ καὶ χάρισιν ἀστῶν καὶ ξένων καὶ συμμάχων ὄχλον, οἱο͂σ ἦν ἀμύνειν καὶ μὴ περιορᾶν ὡσ φυτὸν ἐν ἄνθει τὸν οἰκεῖον καρπὸν ἀποβάλλον καὶ διαφθεῖρον. (Plutarch, , chapter 4 1:1)
  • ὡσ Ἀλκιβιάδησ εὐθὺσ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ θρυπτόμενοσ καὶ ἀποκλειόμενοσ ὑπὸ τῶν πρὸσ χάριν ἐξομιλούντων εἰσακοῦσαι τοῦ νουθετοῦντοσ καὶ παιδεύοντοσ, ὅμωσ ὑπ’ εὐφυί̈ασ ἐγνώρισε Σωκράτη καὶ προσήκατο, διασχὼν τοὺσ πλουσίουσ καὶ ἐνδόξουσ ἐραστάσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 4 2:2)
  • καίτοι τὴν γ’ ὡρ́αν ἄνθοσ ἀρετῆσ εἶναι λέγουσι, μὴ φάναι δ’ ἀνθεῖν τὸ θῆλυ μηδὲ ποιεῖν ἔμφασιν εὐφυϊάσ πρὸσ ἀρετὴν ἄτοπὸν ἐστι· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 2112)
  • ἀλλ’ ἔνεστιν ἁμωσγέπωσ καὶ τοῖσ ἀδοξοτέροισ καὶ ταπεινοτέροισ μοῖρά τισ χάριτοσ ἢ δυνάμεωσ ἢ πρόσ τι καλὸν εὐφυϊάσ, ὡσ ἀν’ ἐχινόποδασ καὶ ἀνὰ τρηχεῖαν ὄνωνιν φύονται μαλακῶν ἄνθεα λευκοϊών. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 13 1:2)

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