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φύσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φύσις φύσεως

Structure: φυσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fu/w

Sense

  1. origin, birth
  2. nature, quality, property
  3. later, the nature of one's personality: temper, disposition
  4. form, shape
  5. that which is natural: nature
  6. type, kind
  7. Nature, as an entity, especially of productive power
  8. creature

Declension

Third 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

  • αἱ δὲ περὶ τὰσ πράξεισ καὶ τοὺσ ἀγῶνασ κατορθώσεισ ἡδονὰσ ἑτέρασ ἔχουσαι τῶν χειρόνων ἐπιθυμιῶν ἀσχολίαν ποιοῦσι καὶ λήθην ταῖσ πολιτικαῖσ καὶ φιλοτίμοισ φύσεσιν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lucullus and Cimon, chapter 1 7:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἔδεισαν οἱ ἄνδρεσ αὐτοῦ τήν τε φύσιν ὡσ ἐνδεᾶ τόλμησ, τόν τε χρόνον, ἐν ᾧ καὶ ταῖσ ἐρρωμενεστάταισ φύσεσιν ἐπιλείπει τὸ θαρρεῖν. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 42 1:3)
  • κατὰ δ’ αὖ τοὺσ ἑτέρουσ οὔτε τούτων οὐδὲν ὑπάρχει ταῖσ φύσεσιν οὔτ’ ἔννοιά τίσ ἐστι τῇ ψυχῇ σύμφυτοσ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ οὐκ ἀκολουθίασ οὐ μάχησ, οὐ διαιρέσεωσ οὐ συνθέσεωσ, οὐ δικαίων οὐκ ἀδίκων, οὐ καλῶν οὐκ αἰσχρῶν, ἀλλ’ ἐξ αἰσθήσεώσ τε καὶ δι’ αἰσθήσεωσ ἅπαντα τὰ τοιαῦθ’ ἡμῖν ἐγγίγνεσθαί φασι καὶ φαντασίαισ τισὶ καὶ μνήμαισ οἰακίζεσθαι τὰ ζῷα. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1211)
  • κατ’ ἄνδρα γὰρ πεῖραν εἰληφότεσ οἱ τότε συμμείξαντεσ ἐκεῖ, οὐκ ἐβούλοντ’ αὖθισ εἰσ ἀγῶνα καθίστασθαι τοῖσ ἐκείνων οἰκείοισ, ὑπολαμβάνοντεσ ταῖσ μὲν φύσεσιν ταῖσ ὁμοίαισ ἀπαντήσεσθαι, τύχην δ’ οὐκ εὔπορον εἶναι τὴν ὁμοίαν λαβεῖν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 26:2)
  • τοῦτο δ’ ὅτι δι’ ἀμαθίαν τὴν μεγίστην ἐν ταῖσ ἀρίσταισ φύσεσιν οὐ γέγονεν, λεκτέον. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 111:1)

Synonyms

  1. origin

  2. nature

  3. later

  4. form

  5. type

  6. creature

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