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εὐθεῖα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐθεῖα

Structure: εὐθει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: v. eu)qu/s.

Sense

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

  • τῶν μὲν οὖν ἐγκαρσίων ἰνῶν τεινομένων ἔλαττον ἀνάγκη γίγνεσθαι τὸ εὖροσ τῆσ περιεχομένησ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν κοιλότητοσ, τῶν δ’ εὐθειῶν ἑλκομένων τε καὶ εἰσ ἑαυτὰσ συναγομένων οὐκ ἐνδέχεται μὴ οὐ συναιρεῖσθαι τὸ μῆκοσ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 815)
  • καὶ διὰ τοῦτο, κἂν ἐξ ἑνὸσ ᾖ χιτῶνοσ ὄργανόν τι συνεστώσ, ὥσπερ καὶ αἱ κύστεισ ἀμφότεραι καὶ αἱ μῆτραι καὶ αἱ φλέβεσ, ἀμφότερα τῶν ἰνῶν ἔχει τὰ γένη, τῶν εὐθειῶν τε καὶ τῶν ἐγκαρσίων. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 113)
  • ταῦτ’ ἄρα καὶ ὁ τῆσ φλεβὸσ χιτὼν εἷσ ὢν ἐκ πολυειδῶν ἰνῶν ἐγένετο καὶ τῶν τῆσ ἀρτηρίασ ὁ μὲν ἔξωθεν ἐκ τῶν στρογγύλων, ὁ δ’ ἔσωθεν ἐκ μὲν τῶν εὐθειῶν πλείστων, ὀλίγων δέ τινων σὺν αὐταῖσ καὶ τῶν λοξῶν, ὥστε τὰσ μὲν φλέβασ ταῖσ μήτραισ καὶ ταῖσ κύστεσιν ἐοικέναι κατά γε τὴν τῶν ἰνῶν σύνθεσιν, εἰ καὶ τῷ πάχει λείπονται, τὰσ δ’ ἀρτηρίασ τῇ γαστρί. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 118)
  • Σχήματα εὐθύγραμμά ἐστι τὰ ὑπὸ εὐθειῶν περιεχόμενα, τρίπλευρα μὲν τὰ ὑπὸ τριῶν, τετράπλευρα δὲ τὰ ὑπὸ τεσσάρων, πολύπλευρα δὲ τὰ ὑπὸ πλειόνων ἢ τεσσάρων εὐθειῶν περιεχόμενα. (Euclid, Elements, book 1, type Def20)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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