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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

  • "ἐπιρρεῖ δὲ ὄχλοσ μοι τοιούτων Γοργόνων καὶ Πηγάσων καὶ ἄλλων ἀμηχάνων πλήθει τε καὶ ἀτοπίᾳ τερατολόγων τινῶν φύσεων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 63 2:4)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τῇ γε πλείστῃ περιπίπτουσιν ἀσαφείᾳ καὶ ἀγνοίᾳ δι’ αὑτούσ, ἀπ’ ἐναντίων φύσεων ταὐτὸν ἁμαρτάνοντεσ. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 17 5:2)
  • καρπῶν μὲν γὰρ εὐφορίαν εὐκρασία ποιεῖ καὶ λεπτότησ τοῦ περιέχοντοσ ἀέροσ, τεχνῶν δὲ καὶ φύσεων ἀγαθῶν αὔξησιν εὐμένεια καὶ τιμὴ καὶ φιλανθρωπία βασιλέωσ ἐκκαλεῖται· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 1 4:1)
  • τῶν φύσεων, τῷ δὲ πείθειν καὶ δυσωπεῖν πολλάκισ κατεργάζονται καὶ τὰσ ἐπιεικεῖσ. (Plutarch, De vitioso pudore, section 3 9:4)
  • καρπῶν μὲν γὰρ εὐφορίαν εὐκρασία ποιεῖ καὶ λεπτότησ τοῦ περιέχοντοσ ἀέροσ, τεχνῶν δὲ καὶ φύσεων ἀγαθῶν αὔξησιν εὐμένεια καὶ τιμὴ καὶ φιλανθρωπία βασιλέωσ ἐκκαλεῖται· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 1 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. origin

  2. nature

  3. later

  4. form

  5. type

  6. creature

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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