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φυσικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυσικός φυσική φυσικόν

Structure: φυσικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fu/sis

Sense

  1. natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn, native
  2. physical, having to do with the study of the material world

Examples

  • ἔστι δέ που καὶ μὴ χρώμενον ἔχειν ἱκανῶσ ἀπαλλαγέντα, φυσικαὶ μὲν οὐκ ἀναγκαῖαι δ’ ἐκλήθησαν. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 6 2:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ παισὶ καὶ θηρίοισ αἱ φυσικαὶ ὑπάρχουσιν ἕξεισ, ἀλλ’ ἄνευ νοῦ βλαβεραὶ φαίνονται οὖσαι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 6 103:3)
  • ὥσπερ γὰρ εἴρηται κατ’ ἀρχάσ, αἳ μὲν ἀνθρώπιναί εἰσι καὶ φυσικαὶ καὶ τῷ γένει καὶ τῷ μεγέθει, αἳ δὲ θηριώδεισ, αἳ δὲ διὰ πηρώσεισ καὶ νοσήματα. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 82:2)
  • αἱ δὲ γενέσεισ αἱ μὲν φυσικαὶ αὗταί εἰσιν ὧν ἡ γένεσισ ἐκ φύσεώσ ἐστιν, τὸ δ’ ἐξ οὗ γίγνεται, ἣν λέγομεν ὕλην, τὸ δὲ ὑφ’ οὗ τῶν φύσει τι ὄντων, τὸ δὲ τὶ ἄνθρωποσ ἢ φυτὸν ἢ ἄλλο τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἃ δὴ μάλιστα λέγομεν οὐσίασ εἶναι ‐ ἅπαντα δὲ τὰ γιγνόμενα ἢ φύσει ἢ τέχνῃ ἔχει ὕλην· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 7 84:2)
  • ὁμολογούμεναι μὲν αἱ φυσικαί, οἱο͂ν πῦρ γῆ ὕδωρ ἀὴρ καὶ τἆλλα τὰ ἁπλᾶ σώματα, ἔπειτα τὰ φυτὰ καὶ τὰ μόρια αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ζῷα καὶ τὰ μόρια τῶν ζῴων, καὶ τέλοσ ὁ οὐρανὸσ καὶ τὰ μόρια τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 8 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. natural

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