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ὄρεξις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρεξις ὀρέξεως

Structure: ὀρεξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: o)re/gw

Sense

  1. yearning, longing, desire

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

  • δεῖ τὸν μέλλοντα βιώσεσθαι καθ’ ἡδονὴν τὰσ ἐγγιγνομένασ ὀρέξεισ ἁπάσασ ἀναπληροῦν. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 12:11)
  • μετριώτεροσ δὲ ὁ πρεσβύτησ ἦν παρὰ πολὺ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ ὀργὰσ ἠπιώτεροσ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ κολάσεισ ἀμβλύτεροσ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ ἐπιθυμίασ βραδύτεροσ, ὡσ ἂν ἤδη τῆσ ἡλικίασ τὸ μὲν σφοδρότερον τῆσ ὁρμῆσ ἐπεχούσησ, τὰσ δὲ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὀρέξεισ χαλιναγωγούσησ. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 4:3)
  • τοῖσ δὲ θηρίοισ τὸ μὲν πολύτροπον τοῦ λόγου καὶ περιττὸν καὶ φιλελεύθερον ἄγαν οὐκ ἔστιν, ἀλόγουσ δ’ ὁρμὰσ καὶ ὀρέξεισ ἔχοντα καὶ χρώμενα πλάναισ καὶ περιδρομαῖσ πολλάκισ, οὐ μακρὰν ἀλλ ὡσ ἐπ’ ἀγκύρασ τῆσ φύσεωσ σαλεύει ἢ καθάπερ ὄνῳ ὁδὸν ὑφ’ ἡνίᾳ καὶ χαλινῷ βαδίζοντι δείκνυσι τὴν εὐθεῖαν. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 1 3:2)
  • τοῖσ δὲ θηρίοισ τὸ μὲν πραΰτροπον τοῦ λόγου καὶ περιττὸν καὶ φιλελεύθερον ἄγαν οὐκ ἔστιν, ἀλόγουσ δ’ ὁρμὰσ καὶ ὀρέξεισ ἔχοντα καὶ χρώμενα πλάναισ καὶ περιδρομαῖσ, πολλάκισ οὐ μακρὰν ἀλλ’ ὡσ ἐπ’ ἀγκύρασ τῆσ φύσεωσ σαλεύει· (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 1 8:1)
  • ὡσ γὰρ αἱ νόσοι τοῖσ σώμασι μὴ προσιεμένοισ τὸ οἰκεῖον πολλῶν ἐμποιοῦσιν ἀτόπων καὶ βλαβερῶν ὀρέξεισ, οὕτωσ ἡ πρὸσ τὸ συγγενὲσ διαβολὴ καὶ ὑφόρασισ ὁμιλίασ ἐπάγεται φαύλασ καὶ πονηρὰσ εἰσ τὸ ἐκλιπὲσ ἔξωθεν ἐπιρρεούσασ. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 2 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. yearning

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