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μάθησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάθησις μαθήσεως

Structure: μαθησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: manqa/nw

Sense

  1. the act of learning, getting of knowledge
  2. desire for learning
  3. education, instruction

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

  • μὴ ἀστόχει διηγήματοσ γερόντων, καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἔμαθον παρὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν. ὅτι παῤ αὐτῶν μαθήσει σύνεσιν καὶ ἐν καιρῷ χρείασ δοῦναι ἀπόκρισιν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 8:9)
  • ἔξω γὰρ ὀλίγων τινῶν Ἀσιανῶν πόλεων, αἷσ δι’ ἀμαθίαν βραδεῖά ἐστιν ἡ τῶν καλῶν μάθησισ, αἱ λοιπαὶ πέπαυνται τοὺσ φορτικοὺσ καὶ ψυχροὺσ καὶ ἀναισθήτουσ ἀγαπῶσαι λόγουσ, τῶν μὲν πρότερον μέγα ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ φρονούντων αἰδουμένων ἤδη καὶ κατὰ μικρὸν ἀπαυτομολούντων πρὸσ τοὺσ ἑτέρουσ, εἰ μή τινεσ παντάπασιν ἀνιάτωσ ἔχουσι, τῶν δὲ νεωστὶ τοῦ μαθήματοσ ἁπτομένων εἰσ καταφρόνησιν ἀγόντων τοὺσ λόγουσ καὶ γέλωτα ποιουμένων τὴν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ σπουδήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 2 1:1)
  • πάσησ γὰρ τέχνησ ἀνάγκη προάγειν μάθησιν πόνον φόβον πληγάσ, ἅπερ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστισ οὐκ ἂν ἀπεύξαιτο ταύτην· (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 13:4)
  • ὁ γὰρ χρόνοσ μάθησιν ἀντὶ τοῦ τάχουσ κρείσσω δίδωσι. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:10)
  • ἡ δ’ εὐανδρία διδακτόσ, εἴπερ καὶ βρέφοσ διδάσκεται λέγειν ἀκούειν θ’ ὧν μάθησιν οὐκ ἔχει. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:14)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἡ μάθησισ γένεσίσ ἐστιν, ἡ τοῦ μαθεῖν κώλυσισ ἀναίρεσισ. (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 22)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἡ μάθησισ γένεσίσ ἐστιν, ἡ τοῦ μαθεῖν κώλυσισ ἀναίρεσισ. (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 23)
  • καίτοι τοῖσ μὲν σφαιρίζουσιν ἅμα τοῦ βαλεῖν καὶ τοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν σφαῖραν ἡ μάθησισ· (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 3 2:3)
  • "ἡ μὲν οὖν ἄλλη μάθησισ καὶ ἱστορία συνῆν αὐτῷ τὸν πάντα χρόνον· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 219)

Synonyms

  1. desire for learning

  2. education

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