Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

οἰκοδόμησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκοδόμησις οἰκοδόμησιος

Structure: οἰκοδομησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. the act or manner

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐστὶ τῶν μὲν ἔσχατον ἡ χρῆσισ οἱο͂ν ὄψεωσ ἡ ὁρ́ασισ, καὶ οὐθὲν γίγνεται παρὰ ταύτην ἕτερον ἀπὸ τῆσ ὄψεωσ, ἀπ’ ἐνίων δὲ γίγνεταί τι οἱο͂ν ἀπὸ τῆσ οἰκοδομικῆσ οἰκία παρὰ τὴν οἰκοδόμησιν, ὅμωσ οὐθὲν ἧττον ἔνθα μὲν τέλοσ, ἔνθα δὲ μᾶλλον τέλοσ τῆσ δυνάμεώσ ἐστιν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 9 95:3)
  • ἀνάγκη ἄρα οἰκοδόμησιν τὴν ἐνέργειαν εἶναι, ἡ δ’ οἰκοδόμησισ κίνησίσ τισ, ὁ δ’ αὐτὸσ λόγοσ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων κινήσεων· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 11 144:1)

Synonyms

  1. the act or manner

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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