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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

  • ἐκεῖνο μὲν γὰρ ὄρεξισ πορισμῶν ἐπενόησε, τεχνῖτισ δὲ σοφίᾳ κατεσκεύασεν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 14:2)
  • κοιλίασ ὄρεξισ καὶ συνουσιασμὸσ μὴ καταλαβέτωσάν με, καὶ ψυχῇ ἀναιδεῖ μὴ παραδῷσ με. ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ ΣΤΟΜΑΤΟΣ. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 23:6)
  • ἑφθὰ μὲν γὰρ καὶ ὀπτὰ καὶ πεπτὰ βρώματα νοσοῦσιν ἢ κραιπαλῶσιν ἢ ναυτιῶσιν οὐδεμίαν ἡδονὴν οὐδὲ χάριν ἀποδίδωσι, καθαρὰ δὲ καὶ ἀκραιφνὴσ ὄρεξισ ὑγιαίνοντι· (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 8 6:2)
  • πάντεσ γὰρ δήπουθεν εὐρυεδοῦσ ὅσοι καρπὸν αἰνύμεθα χθονόσ, οὗ μὲν καὶ παρόντοσ ὄνησίσ ἐστι καὶ μὴ παρόντοσ ὥσπερ ἔνδεια καὶ ὄρεξισ, αἱρετὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν καὶ ὠφέλιμον νοοῦμεν· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 7 1:2)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν ἡ ὄρεξισ εἰσ τρία διαιρεῖται, εἰσ βούλησιν καὶ θυμὸν καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 109:1)
  • ἐπιθυμίασ δ’ αὐτῷ τὸ ἀτερπέστατον ἐμπέφυκεν, εἴ γε δὴ τοῦ λυπεῖν ἕτερον ὄρεξίσ ἐστι. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 15 2:2)
  • ἀγωνίζεται γάρ, οὐχὶ μὴ παθεῖν αὐτόσ, ἀλλὰ παθεῖν κακῶσ ἐπιτρίψασ ἕτερον ἐπιθυμίασ δ’ αὐτῷ τὸ ἀτερπέστατον ἐμπέφυκεν, εἴ γε δὴ τοῦ λυπεῖν ἕτερον ὄρεξίσ ἐστι. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 15 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. yearning

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