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γεωμετρικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γεωμετρικός

Structure: γεωμετρικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from gewme/trhs

Sense

  1. of or for geometry, geometrical, geometry
  2. skilled in geometry, a geometrician

Declension

First/Second 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

  • τούτῳ μὲν οὖν τῷ γένει καὶ διεμάχετο Πλάτων ὡσ ὄντι γεωμετρικῷ δόγματι, ἀλλ’ ἐκάλει ἀρχὴν γραμμῆσ ‐ τοῦτο δὲ πολλάκισ ἐτίθει ‐ τὰσ ἀτόμουσ γραμμάσ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1 226:1)
  • οὐδὲ[ν] γὰρ τῷ μουσικῷ, καθὸ μουσικόσ ἐστιν, οὐδὲ τῷ γεωμετρικῷ. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 7:3)
  • Οὗτοσ πρῶτοσ τὰ μηχανικὰ ταῖσ μαθηματικαῖσ προσχρησάμενοσ ἀρχαῖσ μεθώδευσε καὶ πρῶτοσ κίνησιν ὀργανικὴν διαγράμματι γεωμετρικῷ προσήγαγε, διὰ τῆσ τομῆσ τοῦ ἡμικυλίνδρου δύο μέσασ ἀνὰ λόγον λαβεῖν ζητῶν εἰσ τὸν τοῦ κύβου διπλασιασμόν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. d'. ARXUTAS 5:1)

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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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